Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 00:41:44 -0400 From: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <patrick@mindstep.com> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: POP3 server with SSL Message-ID: <19990530044147.515E31519D@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi,
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Tushar Patel wrote:
> We need to allow few people to access their pop3 e-mail over
> secure connection.
> Is there a way to run pop3 server with SSL support?
> Any pointers will be good help.
Actually this is really easy to implement using the "stunnel" package (look
in the ports area under security) and the "OpenSSL" package (used to be
SSLeay).
With this combination, you can provide any service you want over SSL and you
don't have to recompile anything. Beware though that not too many clients do
POP3 over SSL. Notably Netscape does not do it: it only supports IMAP over
SSL.
There is also a package named bjorb that does the same thing as stunnel, but
I did not manage to make it work.
Have fun,
Patrick.
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