Re: TLS (was: beta/24)

[Alastair Scott]

On 5 January 2002 at 8:20 am Thomas wrote:

> Thanks, I found them. Does anybody know whether either myrealbox or
> GMX use this? If so, how do I go about testing it?

I think it's unlikely that mainstream ISPs offer it. There are
certainly none in the UK that I'm aware of; I have it because I have a
server whose costs I share with about 60 other people in return for
being able to tinker with it. (Methinks that, with the current fuss
about Carnivore, Magic Lantern and others, it will start to appear
more often; supporting it is an astute move by TB! :)

To test whether TLS/SSL is present, change the Receive mail connection
in Transport to '... SSL' and the port to 995. If you get an error
when trying to receive mail thereafter SSL isn't supported by your
(POP3) server. 

> What's the difference between STARTTLS and TLS? I believe it depends
> on the ISP, right? Also, is this the same as SSL? (What does TLS stand
> for?)

I'm not up on STARTTLS, but:

TLS = SSL ("port 995")

STARTTLS = TLS + an extra security layer

Here are all the gruesome details:

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2246.txt (TLS)

ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2487.txt (STARTTLS)

Alastair


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Re: TLS (was: beta/24)

[Lars Geiger]

Hi Thomas,
On 5 Jan 2002 at 16:20:53 [GMT +0800], you wrote:

MM [!] TLS

TF> Thanks, I found them. Does anybody know whether either myrealbox or
TF> GMX use this? If so, how do I go about testing it?

You can use it with GMX for retrieving mail, on port 995 (which is the
default port for SSL pop3 connections). It works fine for me, although
I'm in doubt whether I should use it. The encryption, of course,
prevents NAV2002 from scanning incoming messages.

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TLS (was: beta/24)

[Thomas F]

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Hello Leonid,

On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:09:49 +0500 GMT (05/01/2002, 14:09 +0800 GMT),
Leonid Ivonin wrote:

MM>>> [!] TLS

TF>> Where is this? I cannot find it.

LI> Account properties -- Transport -- Connection (2 listboxes)

Thanks, I found them. Does anybody know whether either myrealbox or
GMX use this? If so, how do I go about testing it?

What's the difference between STARTTLS and TLS? I believe it depends
on the ISP, right? Also, is this the same as SSL? (What does TLS stand
for?)

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Thomas.

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