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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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Eric Martin |
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Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F |
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