Patch: forcing SSL before auth

Bron Gondwana brong at fastmail.fm
Sun Aug 9 18:26:07 EDT 2015



On Mon, Aug 10, 2015, at 00:20, Carlos Velasco wrote:
> > From: Bron Gondwana <brong at fastmail.fm>
> > Date: 9/8/2015 13:24:05
> 
> > I'm happy with that.  We go a step further at FastMail and require SSL always (port 993).  See arguments here:
> > https://www.fastmail.com/help/technical/ssltlsstarttls.html
> 
> Problem with port 993 is that enterprise firewalls (at least here in Spain) usually block this port but allow 143 (sigh).

That's a legitimate (if sad) reason.

Bron.

-- 
  Bron Gondwana
  brong at fastmail.fm


More information about the Cyrus-devel mailing list