Re: IMAP- how to protect a server?

["Aaron D. Turner" <aturner () vicinity com>]

Ah.  I think that's the bit of info I needed.  Thanks Ge'.   Next
question:  Anyone have a matrix showing the IMAP clients and servers
that support SSL/client certs and actually work with each other?  I'm
sure there's one on the web somewhere...

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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Ge' Weijers wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 01:10:42AM -0400, Carric Dooley wrote:
> > I have been watching this thread... and I can't see how SSL protects the
> > server.  That would protect (to a degree) the content of the e-mail and
> > users passwords to the server, but not the server itself.  
>
> If you _require_ the use of client certificates only legitimate users
> can connect to the IMAP server. This keeps most people from connecting
> to you IMAP server altogether. This differs from the common use of SSL
> on the web, where only the server has a certificate, and the client is
> essentially anonymous.
>
> Ge'
>
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