IMAP encryption...

From: Dan Kirkpatrick <dkirk_at_suhep.phy.syr.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:10:20 -0400

Any experiences of IMAP/POP encryption of passwords?

I got the IMAP/POP server from
University of Washington at http://www.washington.edu/imap/
and got it installed and working with standard plaintext passwords....
although I don't know where to find more informaiton on password encryption
choices and possibly more info & help files than the standard IMAP server
package I got.

It lists encryption of:
# The following extra authenticators are defined:
# krb Kerberos IV (client-only)
# gss GSSAPI/Kerberos V
 
# The following plaintext login types are defined:
# afs AFS authentication
# dce DCE authentication
# krb Kerberos IV (must also have krb as an extra authentication)
# std system standard

Netscape Communicator says "Server supports encrypted connections (SSL)"
but nothing else

Eudora says:
                POP: Password (plaintext I assume), APOP, Kerberos, RPA
                IMAP:Password (plaintext I assume) and CRAM_MD5

Whats a descent standard?
How can I get an IMAP/POP server to support encryption for netscape,
outlook and clients like eudora?

Thanks!
Dan
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