-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 11 September 2002 13:41, Alan Brown wrote: > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Carles Xavier Munyoz [iso-8859-1] Bald� wrote: > > Using TSL in the pop3 communication for read the messages from your > > mailbox has no sense because the messages have traversed the internet > > until reach your mailbox in clear text. > > 20% of all my SMTP mail arrives on my server via 168-bit encrypted > sessions.
Ok, but when the email is delivered to the user mailbox or to the MTA queue it is in plain text, isn't it ? If you want a totally secure email communication, the best nowadays option is peer to peer encryption using public key cryptography technology. > At some point, I (and lots of other admins) will start refusing > unencrypted sessions. I've already switched off ALL unencrypted POP3, > IMAP, FTP and terminal(telnet) sessions and am working on NNTPS next. Yes, I agree, but this point is still far :-) Greetings. - --- Carles Xavier Munyoz Bald� [EMAIL PROTECTED] Descom Consulting Telf: +34 965861024 Fax: +34 965861024 http://www.descom.es/ - --- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPX8wnjvYAf7VZNaaEQJo6QCg8yE+o375ttxto4kzBo2QqKu35fQAoLb9 h0RbeaVFSDtxNRc+QaXJQLFk =HIOf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
