[luau] Re: imap

[Erich S.]

On 26 Sep 2002, Warren Togami wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 10:16, Eric Jeschke wrote:
> > I HIGHLY recommend that if you access imap to a login account over the
> > internet that you run it in secure mode, tunnel it over ssh, or in some
> > way secure it.
> 
> Agreed.  I personally always use IMAP through an SSH tunnel, even while
> I am at home.  Yes TCP over TCP tunneling is extremely inefficient and
> broken in some cases, but it works well enough for me.
> 
> > 
> > ***Note that this applies to squirrelmail over regular http too***.  You
> >    should only run squirrelmail over secure http (https).  On our server
> >    we do not allow squirrelmail to be accessed via http, only https.
> > 
> > --Eric
> >
> 
> Do you folks have a key with Verisign, or do you run your own CA?  I was
> thinking about UH running a CA, free for Hawaii non-profit folks. 
> Anyone else interested in this?

Hiya!

This sounds like a great idea. It'd be nice to have a CA for non-profit or
personal use. The nag screens are something of a nuisance.

Thanks,
	Sharky