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Re: RFC 3207 STARTTLS

2008-10-27 11:06:44

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, SM wrote:

There is a need for TLS in some inter-domain relaying.  Some mail providers
use it, by agreement, to provide a secure transport.  The environment is not
your usual shared hosting.  The setup is more of a S/MIME "replacement" as TLS
is viewed as cheaper and easier to deploy as it doesn't require as many
changes for the end-user.

And the number of setups that actually use TLS in this situation in a
secure manner is vanishingly small. Just installing a certificate and
turning on TLS is NOT enough.

Tony.
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