[Dovecot] SASL from remote server
Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?
I have a two-server configuration, where my firewall also runs the mail gateway/filter (Postfix + ASSP). My internal server has Postfix + Dovecot. Right now I have my internal server configured to use Dovecot SASL, but the external server is still using the Courier authdaemon against the LDAP database.
-- Daniel
On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a
remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix
sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?
Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket
proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own
dovecot-sasl package that could be added.
On 2007-09-17 19:59:37 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a
remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix
sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket
proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own
dovecot-sasl package that could be added.
how difficult would it be to add it now? given that dovecot is gaining more and more popularity, the feature might help to get more people to migrate to dovecot.
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On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 19:31 +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote:
On 2007-09-17 19:59:37 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a
remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix
sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket
proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own
dovecot-sasl package that could be added.how difficult would it be to add it now? given that dovecot is gaining more and more popularity, the feature might help to get more people to migrate to dovecot.
Probably not that difficult, but I see this as a pretty low priority feature.
Timo Sirainen wrote:
On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?
Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own dovecot-sasl package that could be added.
Do know any you'd recommend?
-- Daniel
On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 11:33 -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Timo Sirainen wrote:
On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?
Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own dovecot-sasl package that could be added.
Do know any you'd recommend?
Take a look at socat: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
-- Ben Winslow rain@bluecherry.net
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