>>>
>>> I notice a nice secure login plugin in the plugins list
>>> I would like to add it to my plugin list , what do I am
>>> supposed to do on the apache configuration to get it work ? ( of
>>> course my apache config actually works in cleartext ) I have generated
>>> some self signed certs .
>>
>>
>> If you use secure login plugin, you don't have to make any changes in
>> apache configuration. If you make appropriate changes in apache config,
>> you don't need secure login plugin.
>>
>
> Hello Tomas
>
>
> thanks for answering, I wonder if I understood well ...
>
> All I need is to "secure" the login/passwd sequence
> not all the http transaction Is the secure plugin written to do this ?

then attacker only needs to gather enough information for cracking string
xored with random key. You will send password encrypted with one time pad
on any cookie request. String will be different on any login, but it will
be generated from same fixed password string.

>> You can use mod_rewrite or simple Redirect directives to forward users
>> to secured site.
>
> I don't need https all the time just to encrypt login/passwd

Why? What is wrong with encrypting communications between webserver and
browser.


Please keep SquirrelMail support question on mailing list.

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Tomas


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