[Dovecot] Ideas for Webmail/OTP

Phillip T. George Phillip at StellarDreams.com
Mon Jul 23 20:47:58 EEST 2007


Charles Marcus wrote:
> Phillip T. George, on 7/23/2007 1:30 PM, said the following:
>> Charles Marcus wrote:
>>> Phillip T. George, on 7/23/2007 1:00 PM, said the following:
>>>> SSL/TLS is not going to solve the keylogger and malware problem.  
>>>> Basically, if you're on a public (or even a friend's) computer and 
>>>> someone decides to monitor keystrokes using some application, your 
>>>> password will be completely compromised.
>
>>> Well, thats true, but this really isn't a dovecot issue...
>
>> Well, actually it is.  Dovecot could possibly need some sort of 
>> authorization module addition to achieve what Frank Behrens was 
>> wanting to achieve.
>
> Interesting... does any other mail server support anything like this? 
> Not that that should be the sole criteria to judge whether or not 
> something should be added, but...
>
I'm not sure if there is a mail server out there that has that specific 
feature.  Security innovations are surely good innovations to bring forth.




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