> "WL" == William Leese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
WL> having taken a quick look at my providers homepage (which, i
WL> admit i should have done first.. but i'm used to ISP pages
WL> with nothing but marketing talk) i found something on
WL> pop-ssl. However aparently i need an
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:03:01PM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> having taken a quick look at my providers homepage (which, i admit i should
> have done first.. but i'm used to ISP pages with nothing but marketing talk)
> i found something on pop-ssl. However aparently i need an email client tha
> > > > knowing basically nothing about imap and ssl where would i look first
> > > > to see if this is suitable and how it can be used?
> > >
> > > check to see if they have the imap-ssl port open (i don't know it
> > > offhand) or the pop3-ssl... they probably don't.
> >
> > yatsu:$ nmap -sS p
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:24:09AM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> On Monday 19 March 2001 00:41, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 05:04:02PM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> > > knowing basically nothing about imap and ssl where would i look first to
> > > see if this is suitable and how
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote:
> I asssumed cable modems were encrypting there communications with some
> simple built-in algorithm
It is my understanding that modern DOCSIS modems use encryption between
the cable modem and the cable head end. The motorola cybersufr brand has
been d
I asssumed cable modems were encrypting there communications with some
simple built-in algorithm
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From: Ethan Benson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: zondag 18 maart 2001 14:59
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Linux Network Security: POP
On Sun, Mar 18
On Monday 19 March 2001 00:41, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 05:04:02PM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> > knowing basically nothing about imap and ssl where would i look first to
> > see if this is suitable and how it can be used?
>
> check to see if they have the imap-ssl port open (
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> unless they changed something in the last year or so, come to alaska
> and get GCI's cable modems, i have personally seen where every packet
> sent across the network is happily deposited in
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:13:08AM -0800, David Steinberg wrote:
>
> OTOH, then you have another service running, which makes you that much
> more open to being cracked. It's not a bad thing in and of itself, but it
> does demand that you keep up to date with security announcements for that
> pac
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:13:37PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
>
> Bzzzt. This is simply not true with DOCSIS modems (if you can cite a
> provable example I'd love to hear about it). It's also not true with
> LANCity Gen3 modems at least. It might work with the super-old Zenith
> stuff but I
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 05:04:02PM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> knowing basically nothing about imap and ssl where would i look first to see
> if this is suitable and how it can be used?
check to see if they have the imap-ssl port open (i don't know it
offhand) or the pop3-ssl... they probably
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:
> if you have a static ip and your connection is actually stable you
> could just run your own mailserver and have mail delivered directly to
> it. that way you don't need pop3 or imap. no passwords sent anywhere
> that way.
OTOH, then you have another se
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 04:59:23AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 03:38:36PM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> > Having a cable modem I'm concerned with the fact that when I use email my
> > password is sent in clear text over the network. I've heard that there were
>
> as you
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Having a cable modem I'm concerned with the fact that when I use email my
> password is sent in clear text over the network. I've heard that there were
> other services that could be used in
> > other services that could be used instead of POP but i'm not sure if that
> > can be used here if my provider doesnt support it.
>
> imap over ssl maybe..
knowing basically nothing about imap and ssl where would i look first to see
if this is suitable and how it can be used?
> > For my email
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 03:38:36PM +0100, William Leese wrote:
> Having a cable modem I'm concerned with the fact that when I use email my
> password is sent in clear text over the network. I've heard that there were
as you should be, cable modems generally are equivilent to large
unswitched lan
Having a cable modem I'm concerned with the fact that when I use email my
password is sent in clear text over the network. I've heard that there were
other services that could be used instead of POP but i'm not sure if that can
be used here if my provider doesnt support it.
For my email I use m
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