Many thanks.
I will consider to setup HTTPS for my server.

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Hugo van der Kooij <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:20:06 +0700, Minh Nguyen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> My RC use PLAIN mechanism for IMAP athentication. And it use default
> (non-SSL) IMAP port 143.
>
> While log in, I captured the information by WireShark then I could see the
> usename and password, warped in a HTTP POST.
>
> If I change to use SSL with IMAP,
>
> $rcmail_config['default_host'] = 'ssl://mail.mysite.com';
> $rcmail_config['default_port'] = 993;
>
> I still can capture my Username/ Password. So I think the SSL
> authentication is just from RC to IMAP server. Not from my PC to RC server.
>
> I know if I'm using HTTPS, the information send from my PC to HTTP server
> will be encrypted.
>
> Is there anyway to encrypt the login session from my PC to the RC server,
> except using HTTPS? I mean the encryption supported inside RC login page.
>
>  This is exactly why you should enforce HTTPS on your webserver for 
> roundcubemail and enforce IMAPS on your mailserver.
>
>
> This is how things are designed and why your webserver with roundcubeemail 
> should be considered a critical component as far as security is concerned.
>
>
> Hugo.
>
>
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