Re: securing pop3 sessions

[Bro. Len Budney]

"Louis Theran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Len Budney) writes:
> [ using SSH forwarding to tunnel POP3 ]
> > That's a dandy idea. However, once you do that it's not POP3 anymore.
> 
> Nonsense.  What exactly would you call the protocol running inside the
> tunnel if not POP3?

Um, the protocol INSIDE the tunnel is POP3. But the protocol YOU MENTIONED
is POP3+SSH. In particular, it cannot be implemented using standard POP3
clients from machines which don't have SSH installed. Which, please note,
is what the original poster asked for.

Len.

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