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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:03:16 -0700
From:      Jim Mock <jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com>
To:        Tara Vitori <tara@exit1.com>
Cc:        Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD security
Message-ID:  <20000612150316.A36299@luna.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: <39455A5C.E66BEAA8@exit1.com>; from tara@exit1.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 05:47:08PM -0400
References:  <39452BA4.D77A1E55@exit1.com> <394555F6.1C174377@nisser.com> <39455A5C.E66BEAA8@exit1.com>

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On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 at 17:47:08 -0400, Tara Vitori wrote:
> Roelof Osinga wrote:
> > Tara Vitori wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I was hoping someone out there could help me.  We are running
> > > FreeBSD 2.2.7 on our mail server.  All of our employees and
> > > customers have pop3 accounts.  Accessing email internally poses no
> > > security threats, however, if one should set up their mail client
> > > at home to use our mail servers - their password will not be
> > > encrytped across the internet.  Is there any recommendations
> > > someone could make to make POP3 access secure?
> >
> > Use one of the SSL wrappers in ports/security to map the POP3
> > to the POP3S port. There should be an example or two in the
> > mail archives.
> 
> The thing i want to avoid is having to install ssl on everyone's
> systems - is that a requirement for this type of solution?  If so, are
> there other products out there that will allow maybe a one-time
> password, or other type of solution?

Use a POP3 daemon that supports APOP.

- jim

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