[Dovecot] drac.c

[Udo Rader]

On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 13:16 +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
> "Takehiko Abe" <keke at gol.com> writes:
> 
> > I am using dovecot [1.0 beta3] as a pop server with drac. It is
> 
> Drac is an abomination that needs to go away.
> 
> I am requesting to unsupport it before Dovecot 1.0.
> 
> Drac is insecure by design, in that it doesn't authenticate the same
> channel (but POP3/IMAP instead) that is being privileged (SMTP for
> relay), and without any clue of how long dynamic IP mappings remain
> stable. Better solutions are available (and have been for years), namely
> SMTP AUTH, supported by all relevant mail transfer agents(*) and - IMO -
> all relevant clients.

a question from an uninitated: what is drac after all?

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