Syed Khader Vali forced the electrons to say:
> Thanks Binand. One more question I wanted to ask was that Is there something
> like a secure POP3 Server which has encryption inbuilt ?? I mean whatever
> data I send to a POP3 server should be encrypted
I haven't heard of any, but there might be, on the net. Do a web search.
> to and fro !! Obviously, then I might need a POP3 Client which supports the
> protocol Or am I on the wrong path somewhere ??
True. That is why I don't think that you will find any server/client
out there. Basically, this would mean that the client and server are
dependent on each other, rendering the other pop clients unusable. The
way to achieve what you want to do is via ssh. I run CVS via ssh (apart
from logging in etc.). Read the docs for setup details. You need to enable
sshd on the server. There are examples in the docs for fetchmail as well.
> BTW when I talk to a normal POP3 server, is it possible for a sniffer to get
> the data I might be transferring between the client
> and a server ( specifically password and all that ) Raj ??
Oh yes... That is too easily done. Check out the site www.takedown.com for the
details of how the notorious cracker Kevin Mitnick was caught. They had a
special version of tcpdump to gather everything that Kevin ever typed. All
passwords (cracked ones) are visible on the screen. The best way to enjoy
(well, when I did, it felt as if I was watching a horror movie) is to telnet
to kevin-on-demand.takedown.com ports 4001 onwards for Kevin's online
sessions.
Binand
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