On 09/18/2008 09:17 PM, Boris Zbarsky:
> Eddy Nigg wrote:
>> In order to secure mail correctly, S/MIME certificates can be used.
>> TLS connections to mail servers simply prevents some sniffing and to
>> some extend can assure that you are talking to the right server. It's
>> not more than that.
>
> Most importantly, from my point of view, they protect your password from
> being sniffed. This is important because often that password is shared
> across other sites as well (various LDAP-like setups, for example).
>

You are absolutely right!

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Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd.
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