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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 11:40:47 +0100 |
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). Summary:
1) Server program requires private key/certificate.
2) Client program doesn't require private key/certificate.
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, 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 <=
- [bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix, Simon Josefsson, 2003/01/20
Re: [bug-mailutils] [PATCH] starttls fix, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2003/01/19