qmail-pop newbie security

[Joshi, Vivek]

Hi,
I am new to linux and have recently setup qmail on a Redhat(6.0
kernel-2.2.12) system. I followed the instructions in lwq and the system is
working fine. I use the qmail-pop server, the mail folder used is Maildir
For increased security i have commented out most of the services in
inetd.conf including telnet. I have also setup selective relaying using
Chris Johnson's document. However in the near future i would like to allow
telnet as well as web access. I now need advise on implementing a higher
level of security on the system

Q1. I read somewhere the pop3 clients don't use encrypted passwords, is
there a way to implement increased security in this case ?
Q2. What more do i need to install for increased security under telnet ?
Q3. What more do i need to install for increased security under webaccess?
Which one of the 3 webaccess programs is recommended and does it work with
the pop server?

Thanks for you advise and input,
Vivek

Re: qmail-pop newbie security

[Patrick Berry]

On 9/27/99 at 4:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joshi, Vivek) wrote:


 Q1. I read somewhere the pop3 clients don't use encrypted passwords, is
 there a way to implement increased security in this case ?

Yes, but you need to make sure the clients can handle the kind of authentication
you want to use.

Check http://www.qmail.org for a number of checkpassword programs.

 Q2. What more do i need to install for increased security under telnet ?

Look into ssh (http://www.ssh.org).  Which is far beyond the scope of this
list...
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