How about a really short time-out? Automated POP3 clients
waste no time typing at the prompt -- Mark could analyze the
delay his MUAs have between connection and sending auth commands;
and patch pop3d accordingly. Or he could patch pop3 to require
(not just accept) encrypted authentications, maybe in addition to
the timing thing.
Paul Farber wrote:
>
> I think the original poster is just 'scared' because the POP3 protocol
> uses cleartext command (telnet, perl script, python) could connect up and
> get mail.
>
> Thinking that telneting to 110 and giving the same commands at a console
> is somehow 'hacking' a system.
>
> It will blow thier mind when they telnet to port 25 and can actually SEND
> mail!
>
> Paul Farber
> Farber Technology
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>
> On Mon, 15 May 2000, Aaron L. Meehan wrote:
> > It's difficult to answer a nonsensical question.
> > Aaron
> > > At 05/14/2000 05:48 AM Sunday, Mark Lo wrote:
> > > > I would like to disable telnet to port 110, but still
> > > >let my user to retrive mail via mail client at port 110?? (using
> > > >tcpserver)
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