Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-11-03 Thread Marc Perkel
On 10/28/2013 9:02 AM, Douglas Mortensen wrote: Hi, We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although not required, it would be ideal to have messages encrypted at rest. We already use SSL/TLS to secure the transmission of most email. However, it would be nice to have

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-30 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
On 28/10/13 23:22, Frerich Raabe wrote: On 2013-10-28 20:23, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 20:14, schrieb Douglas Mortensen: However, it would be nice to know that even if we were breached, the emails on the server were encrypted and would be completely useless to an attacker. This type

[Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-29 Thread Alan Brown
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:54:04 +0100 From: Robert Schetterer r...@sys4.de To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest Message-ID: 526f699c.9080...@sys4.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 you shouldnt host mail/imap services on the same

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-29 Thread Timo Sirainen
On 28.10.2013, at 18.02, Douglas Mortensen d...@impalanetworks.com wrote: We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although not required, it would be ideal to have messages encrypted at rest. We already use SSL/TLS to secure the transmission of most email. However, it

[Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Douglas Mortensen
Hi, We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although not required, it would be ideal to have messages encrypted at rest. We already use SSL/TLS to secure the transmission of most email. However, it would be nice to have them encrypted sitting on our server. Is anyone

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Robert Schetterer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 28.10.2013 17:02, schrieb Douglas Mortensen: Hi, We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although not required, it would be ideal to have messages encrypted at rest. We already use SSL/TLS to secure the transmission

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 10/28/2013 12:02 PM, Douglas Mortensen wrote: Hi, We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although not required, it would be ideal to have messages encrypted at rest. You can rule out a lot of the crazier options by answering the questions, (a) What attack

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Douglas Mortensen
] On Behalf Of Michael Orlitzky Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:52 AM To: dovecot Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest On 10/28/2013 12:02 PM, Douglas Mortensen wrote: Hi, We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although not required, it would

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Reindl Harald
...@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Michael Orlitzky Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:52 AM To: dovecot Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest On 10/28/2013 12:02 PM, Douglas Mortensen wrote: Hi, We have clients with various security compliance requirements. Although

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Ron Leach
On 28/10/2013 19:14, Douglas Mortensen wrote: So given that type of scenario, if filesystem permissions weren't correct, or some new exploit surfaced that allowed someone bypass or elevate to root, then they could theoretically have access to the entire fileystem including where emails are

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 10/28/2013 03:14 PM, Douglas Mortensen wrote: If a customer has vulnerable PHP code on a website, some of these will allow a remote file upload. I have seen cases where they upload a PHP script that is a sort of web-based console/shell to the server (file-system, etc.). It provides several

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.10.2013 20:49, schrieb Michael Orlitzky: On 10/28/2013 03:14 PM, Douglas Mortensen wrote: If a customer has vulnerable PHP code on a website, some of these will allow a remote file upload. I have seen cases where they upload a PHP script that is a sort of web-based console/shell to the

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Frerich Raabe
On 2013-10-28 20:23, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 28.10.2013 20:14, schrieb Douglas Mortensen: However, it would be nice to know that even if we were breached, the emails on the server were encrypted and would be completely useless to an attacker. This type of encryption is ideal and some

Re: [Dovecot] Encryption solution for messages at rest

2013-10-28 Thread Noel Butler
On 29/10/2013 03:19, Robert Schetterer wrote: https://perot.me/encrypt-specific-incoming-emails-using-dovecot-and-sieve I got worried, laughed, and stopped reading at: not only do you not have to edit any Postfix configuration (which by itself is an exercise in patience), As you