How do we disable LOGIN-REFERRALS?
sb
serbr at runbox.com
Thu Dec 3 11:34:21 UTC 2015
> Network Working Group M. Gahrns
> Request for Comments: 2221 Microsoft
> Category: Standards Track October 1997
>
> IMAP4 Login Referrals
...
> 6. Security Considerations
>
> The IMAP4 login referral mechanism makes use of IMAP URLs, and as
> such, have the same security considerations as general internet URLs
> [RFC-1738], and in particular IMAP URLs [IMAP-URL].
>
> A server MUST NOT give a login referral if authentication for that
> user fails. This is to avoid revealing information about the user's
> account to an unauthorized user.
>
> With the LOGIN-REFERRALS capability, it is potentially easier to
> write a rogue 'password catching' server that collects login data and
> then refers the client to their actual IMAP4 server. Although
> referrals reduce the effort to write such a server, the referral
> response makes detection of the intrusion easier.
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