At 19:51 1999-05-19 -0700, you wrote:
>Has anyone successfully used ssh to provide a secure channel
>for POP3 authentication?
Yes... take a look at
http://www.linux-howto.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html
>Actually, I'm looking for a more general case of secure
>checkpassword authentication for any tcpserver app.
You'll understand how to do that if you read the howto but it will probably
give your users more work. I'm thinking of combining a webinterface with
SSL when it comes to POP3.
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Joergen Persson
Sysadmin TLTH