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[bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix
From: |
Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
[bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:05:16 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090013 (Oort Gnus v0.13) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) |
Wojciech Polak <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:08:23 +0100 Simon Josefsson wrote:
>
>> > > You are right, I must have made some error during testing. Still,
>> > > enabling starttls when there is no client private key and cert would
>> > > be useful too.
>> >
>> > Who says that we require a private key or a certificate in a client
>> > program? gnu-imap4d and gnu-pop3d are servers, not clients. You can
>> > connect to them with any IMAP/POP3 client, without specifying any
>> > private key or a certificate in your client. Try fetchmail as a test.
>
>> imap4d doesn't seem to advertise STARTTLS unless the cert/key is
>> specified:
>
> Yeap. It's okay. But you asked about a client program
> (see top of the message).
Oops. I meant server private key and cert there. Sorry for the
confusion I caused.
Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> writes:
>> imap4d doesn't seem to advertise STARTTLS unless the cert/key is
>> specified:
>
> I guess that's right. What will it do to advertise it if we cannot run
> the TLS negotiation, anyway. Am I missing something?
It is possible to use TLS negotiation without server (and client)
keys/certs.
- [bug-mailutils] [PATCH] starttls fix, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/19
- Re: [bug-mailutils] [PATCH] starttls fix, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/19
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Wojciech Polak, 2003/01/19
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/19
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Wojciech Polak, 2003/01/20
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/20
- Re: [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2003/01/20
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Wojciech Polak, 2003/01/20
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix,
Simon Josefsson <=
Re: [bug-mailutils] [PATCH] starttls fix, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2003/01/19