Yeah, but what happens is when you use the web based interface and non-outlook pop3/imap/smtp clients is that you lose access to things like shared address books, shared calendars and other things which these people depend on. At least, from what I remember, Exchange 5.5 lacked these features via the web based interface. Might be different now.
-------------------------- Brian Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.sosdg.org ICQ: 8077511 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NANOG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: RE: ISPs' willingness to take action > > >VPN technologies are either too weak, like PPTP, too > >expensive or difficult to grasp like IPsec, or too new > >like the HTTPS tunnels. > > A couple of years ago, I was working at a company that > used Exchange for corporate email. They had a web version > of Outlook that, I believe, was part of Exchange server. > It is almost a no-brainer to put that up on an HTTPS server. > > Due to the prevalence of online shopping and banking, > even relatively clueless users understand how to look > for the secure web browsing icon (key or lock). This is > reasonably strong security, cheap to implement and easy > to grasp. It's also been proven for almost 10 years now. > > And if you don't like Outlook's web version, there is > always one of the many web email packages like SquirrelMail > http://www.squirrelmail.org/ which can use IMAP or POP > (both supported on Exchange server) and which can be > secured via SSL/HTTPS. > > Somebody oughta sell a secure email box that plugs in > between the Exchange server and the network and includes > a secure SMTP server relay, secure POP server, secure > IMAP server and secure web email interface. No doubt > somebody already supplies boxes like this, and ISPs just > have to start reselling them. > > >I don't recall the source, but it was recently reported > >that 40% of the exchange server base is still on the v5.5 > >platform. Using that as a general indication, many of > >these shops probably won't plan to upgrade anytime soon. > > According to Google, Exchange 5.5 does both POP and IMAP > so the possibility of secure web mail service is there. > > Seems to me that you could sell some service and > educate the users about safe email practices at > the same time. > > --Michael Dillon > > > > >
