Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 18:30:03 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@rascal.honk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange security / mail question Message-ID: <370CE79B.C95C0198@tdx.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990408104450.1074A-100000@rascal.honk.org>
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Marty Poulin wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't expect an easy solution to this, but I am curious nonetheless. > > What I want to know is this: is there any way to restrict or encrypt > users mail files in /var/mail so that not even root can read the files? > > My reasons are simple - I am running SMTP/POP3 on my server, and I am > setting up a few friends with mail accounts, and I want them to be assured > that their mail is secure from prying eyes (including my own). > > Not that I can't be trusted, but I would feel better knowing that my > friends' privacy is protected. > > I am willing to experiment a bit, but I am still pretty green when it > comes to FreeBSD. Even if you could secure your box, and have it encrypt the mail as it came in etc. - Can you vouch for everyone on the 'inbetween' networks not snooping you or your friends mail? - You would be better off looking at solutions such as PGP - and getting your friends to encrypt the mail _before_ they send it via SMTP, and _decrypt_ the mail when it's on their machine IMHO... -Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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