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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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Daniel da Veiga |
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