Janina, ah okay, it all depends on the certificates and if the encryption used is strong enough. Any symmetrical-key system si prone to attack. On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Andor: > > No, I am actually talking about something different, though I most > certainly do also agree with what you say. > > What I'm talking about is how users can connect to a mail server > securely to send mail. This is probably not such a critical issue on a > small LAN such as John has (and I have in my home office). Certainly, > it's not an issue for someone who just uses one machine. But, it's a > very important issue if you need to access your home mail server to send > messages while you're traveling--or if you support users (like friends > for whom you provide mail service) over the Internet. > > I suspect John can upgrade his RH8 installation and get what he wants > without doing this, but it would be an excellent next step to support > people working from home, etc., etc. > > Andor Demarteau writes: > > On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > > > > Ok, I looked on google and verifyed that TLS is transport layer security. > > > Where do I look for more info on this from the practical useage end? > > > Thanks. > > rfc's 2246 and 3546 ftp.ripe.net/rfc/ will ahve all protocl details. > > > > using ssh with dsa or rsa-keyparis )public/private) as Janina probably > > means by seetingup a .authroized_keys file is the savest option. > > However, keep ssh (or opnseeh) as up-to-date as possible cause > > seucrity-holes sometimes appear even in this program. > > > > if sshd is comproized, your system is caue sshd has loads of rights on > > your local system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andor Demarteau E-mail: andor@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > student computer science www: http://www.nl.linux.org/~andor > > UU based & VU guest-student jabber,icq,msn,voip: do ask ;) > > ----------- > > chairman Stichting Studiereizen STORM www: http://www.stistusto.nl > > vice-chairman USF Studentenbelangen executive committee 2002-2003 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- Andor Demarteau E-mail: andor@xxxxxxxxxxxx student computer science www: http://www.nl.linux.org/~andor UU based & VU guest-student jabber,icq,msn,voip: do ask ;) ----------- chairman Stichting Studiereizen STORM www: http://www.stistusto.nl vice-chairman USF Studentenbelangen executive committee 2002-2003 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list