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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:20:50 +1200 (NZST)
From:      Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
Cc:        Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@pacbell.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MTA authentications
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106121617410.98765-100000@lists.unixathome.org>
In-Reply-To: <p05100306b749ddc2c10f@[194.78.241.123]>

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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Brad Knowles wrote:

> 	However, it would not surprise me to find that CommuniGate 
> screwed up STARTTLS, or that they don't have a valid certificate. 
> For that matter, you might not have a valid certificate.

I don't ever remember setting up a certificate.  Where should I be
looking?

> 	In your case, I'd try modifying your sendmail configuration so as 
> to not try to use STARTTLS even when it's advertised by the remote 
> end, and see if that fixes the problem (alternatively, this may 
> require rebuilding and reinstalling sendmail).

Hmmm, I think that's the option for me.  Anyone know what I should be
looking for?

> 	If this works, then you could either leave your system this way, 
> or get a certificate set up properly, and then go back to the 
> previous sendmail configuration, and see if that works.  If it does, 
> then you're now more secure, and this should be an improvement.

Please explain to me how having a certificate will make me more secure.


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