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[bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix
From: |
Wojciech Polak |
Subject: |
[bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:05:27 +0100 |
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 23:56:48 +0100 Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > > Btw, it would be useful if STARTTLS was enabled even if the CA cert
> > > was not specified. Clients may trust a server cert directly.
> >
> > Do you mean "trusted CAs file", i.e. --ssl-cafile ?
> > If so, then it's not required.
>
> 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.
Kind regards,
Wojciech Polak
- [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 <=
- [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, 2003/01/20
Re: [bug-mailutils] [PATCH] starttls fix, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2003/01/19