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List:       mozilla-os2
Subject:    Re: SM 1.0.7 and SMTP with TLS.
From:       "William L. Hartzell" <wlhartzell () tx ! rr ! com>
Date:       2007-03-09 4:05:56
Message-ID: 39ydnUWvbq2BQG3YnZ2dnUVZ_veinZ2d () mozilla ! org
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Sir:

Steve Wendt wrote:
> William L. Hartzell wrote:
> 
>> Do you guys know that there is an RFC out that depreciates using 
>> special ports for secure connections.
> 
> Deprecated or not, using an unexpected port number is a common security 
> trick/enhancement.  It makes snooping a lot harder...

IETF is in the process of making secure connections the default.  The 
first step is to do away with separate ports...  I would guess that 
change will be mandatory in about three years when a bunch of other 
stuff arrives (like IPv6 & IPsec that does not require Public key 
encryption or security certificates).
-- 
Bill
Thanks a Million!
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