Would imagine it's that he doesn't want his login/password for the LDAP server (the one that is used to connect/bind to the LDAP server) to be sent in the clear since that could almost certainly compromise the host
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeroen van Aart [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 8:43 a.m. > To: Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy > Subject: Re: [Assp-user] Solution for spam with certain text in > recipient address > > Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > Sorry Fritz, I meant setup a secure tunnel, like a vpn from the > backup > > mx to the site with the ldap server as this would be over the > internet > > I would need a secure route to it. > > Why would you want to encrypt verification of email addresses? Are you > also sending an admin password along or something? Otherwise it seems > like a pointless exercise to encrypt it, since email communication > travels the internet in plaintext by default. > > Greetings, > Jeroen > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
