I hear ya Kevin, I misread your answer, sorry...
gd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Sent: October 25, 2006 4:53 PM To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Subject: Re: [Assp-user] SSL/TLS proxy Guy Deslauriers wrote: > Kevin, > > "SMTP-AUTH" and "SMTP over TLS" are completely different subjects. > > SMTP-AUTH is for client to server connection, as SMTP over TLS is for server > to server connection > > gd > Did you miss that whole first paragraph? You said "Why would usernames and passwords be sent on a SMTP connection?" I explained why. I NEVER said what type of connection it was. > > The key work there is communications an SSL/TLS connection encrypts the > communication between the 2 parties it does NOT however encrypt the > actual content. Once the connections is severed and the email is sent > from the server to another server there is NO encryption unless > something like PGP or opportunistic SSL/TLS used, and even then only PGP > encrypts the actual message content. > > SMTP-AUTH is why usernames and passwords would be sent over an SMTP > connection. ratner than explain it here i will point you to the RFC and > the wikipedia article. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP-AUTH > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2554 > > > Kevin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
