Re: [binc] Secure

"Jeremy Kitchen" <[email protected]> Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:41:19 -0500 (CDT)
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.binc.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, July 24, 2005 9:29 am, Grant Fletcher wrote:
> Hi, I have Bimap working well on my server, I used the ssl cert default
> intructions Is there a way to test that it is configured correctly.
> what are the risks of not using a sll .cert. ? how do i check that is it
> actually working ?

just configure your email client to use SSL, and if it works, it works.

You can also try this:
# openssl s_client -crlf -connect localhost:993

the risks if you don't use SSL or TLS are that someone could potentially
sniff your passwords and emails.

-Jeremy