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Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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>>> Doesn't Gmail support SSL? My email provider provides support for SSL |
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>>> connections (via HTTP, LDAP, & POP). |
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>>> If that's the case then it would be extremely difficult (you will need |
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>>> to "fake" the server's host keys). Furthermore, the ethics of such a |
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>>> practice is questionable. For which case I would side on blocking |
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>>> outside emails altogether rather than get into a situation where you |
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>>> have to justify sniffing someone's personal bank transactions, e.g. |
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>>> -a |
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>> gmail is only ssl on sign in if you go through webmail. After that it's |
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>> all in the clear. POP and IMAP are running securely however (which is |
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>> why I check my stuff via imap) |
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> If you simply change the URL to https on gmail, you are using SSL. |
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> The default is not to use it, so, you gotta type it yourself. |
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> https://mail.google.com/mail |
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Has it always been that way? I could have sworn that only the login was |
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SSL and everything else was in the clear (granted, I don't think I ever |
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tried to change it to https). Live & Learn |
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