On Wednesday 08 July 2020 07:54:33 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:12:20AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > As a 2 decade user of fetchmail/procmail combo, I just updated to > > stretch backports, but did not get a TLSv1.3, so when I configure > > the newest fetchmail, I don't get ssl3 support. > > Er... what? This question doesn't make any sense. I can't figure > out whether you're asking for a *newer* library or an *older* library > than what you have right now. > > TLS 1.3 is very new, and is not assumed to be present by most > applications. > > SSL 3 is extremely old, and has well-known exploited holes. My > first Google hit for SSL 3 is a refernce to the POODLE exploit from > 2014. > <https://blog.qualys.com/ssllabs/2014/10/15/ssl-3-is-dead-killed-by-th >e-poodle-attack> > > Are you *really* trying to use SSL 3, because that's what you > configured the other end to use, "2 decades" ago? If so, it is time > to stop doing that. Upgrade *both* ends to use currently supported, > non-vulnerable TLS protocols. At this point, TLS 1.2 is your most > likely target.
./configure --with-ssl, make, sudo make install, is whats working right now. But I won't know if it all just works again till the middle of the night when sa-train-bayes runs again. But it runs as me, so nothing is stopping me from running it right now. And this time it did restart fetchmail ok when it was done. 6.4.3 was giving systemd a tummy ache after updating from backports, about 150 packages. That also destroyed TDE and it took a reboot to restore it, a startx got me xfce. But, while fetchmail-6.4.8 seems to be listed by synaptic, its ghosted and will not let me install the "approved" version, so I must dl and build my own. Whats with that? And I note that procmail is being bad-mouthed, but its been doing exactly what I want for 2 decades with no hiccups. I would submit that its docs might need help, but if you read them carefully, it does exactly what you tell it to do, so I've no need/urge to experiment with getmail. Thanks Gregg. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
