Hi yeah that was what I was talking about, SSL over a pop3 connection or as you think of it, ssl over alternate port pop3 connection which is what my school has in place now. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] an idea for future upgrades
> Hi Shai, > > On 4 Apr 2004 at 7:23, Shai Wolman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke, thus: > > > Hi I have an idea for a future upgrade that I would like to put fourth to > > pulsedata and the list and that is the idea to integrate incoming > > authentication in to their keymail program. Right now, you have outgoing > > authentication set up, but my school internet service provider has now put > > in to play incoming authentication and as a result, I am not able to > > receive email with my braille note and have to use my pc or laptop in order > > to receive email which is a hardship for the braille note users at my > > school who had relied on the braille note for email for educational > > purposes through my schools' internet service provider and are not able to > > receive email. > > Now, take a deep breath! :-) > > When you say incoming authentication, what do you mean? You already > supply username and password to the POP3 service to get your mail, thus > authenticating. The same is true for SMTP authentication during mail > submissions. Now, from what you have said below, what you may have meant > was SSL support. BrailleNote does not have SSL support for email at all - > it doesn't support SMTP or POP3 over TLS, and it doesn't support SSL over > an alternative port. You can't use any SSL POP3 or SMTP service. > Furthermore, SSL support on IE4 in the BN will not reach 128-bit symetric > key length. You can advise your school that anything above 40-bit is > probably safe, but you'll be spitting up wind I'm afraid. The BrailleNote > hath not the support thou desireth. I am sorry. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > -- > Thought for the day: > A penny saved is ridiculous. > > Latest PGP Public key blocks? Send any mail to: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sabahattin Gucukoglu > Phone: +44 (0)20 7,502-1615 > Mobile: +44 (0)7986 053399 > http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ > Email/MSN: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
