On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Robert Baskerville wrote:
> Simple question...
>
> Are there any plans to implement Secure STMP [1] within Exim?
>From the WishList
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(48) 22-Oct-98 L Security additions to Exim
patl@???
"I'd like to propose two new items for the WishList:
1) TLS support (requires external SSL library)
There is a separate SMTPS port currently listed by the IANA;
but according to draft-hoffman-smtp-ssl-08 widespread consensus
is that it should be abandoned. That draft specifies a new
STARTTLS capability to allow negotiation of an authenticated
and/or secured connection after the EHLO.
2) SASL (RFC-2222) support
The Simple Authentication and Security Layer was originally
proposed for IMAP; but is general enough to apply to almost
any of the application-level Internet protocols. It provides
a mechanism to negotiate arbitrary authentication and security
mechanisms. It's application to SMTP is proposed in draft-
myers-smtp-auth-11."
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