RE: [Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth, inetd, localhost, IPv6, and mapped addresses

dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org wrote:

Dovecot 0.99.13.

I've noticed that the condition

client->secured = ssl || (IPADDR_IS_V4(ip) && strncmp(addr, "127.", 4) == 0) || (IPADDR_IS_V6(ip) && strcmp(addr, "::1") == 0);

(in (imap-login|pop3-login)/client.c) isn't enough, at least not when running from inetd. The thing is that you will come across

...

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ffff:127.0.0.1, which is secure, but not covered by the above.

I thought I saw someting on this earlier, but in that case I cant't find it now.

Yes I mentioned something about it in a message titled, "RE: [Dovecot] Plaintext Authentication from Localhost"

On 19-Jan-2005.

Seems to be a bug. At least it didn't work quite right for me.

John