[Dovecot] Protocol logging - TLS vs SSL

[Timo Sirainen]

On 26.2.2013, at 22.18, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> wrote:

> On 2013-02-26 3:09 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>> Am 26.02.2013 21:05, schrieb Charles Marcus:
>>> Why does it say 'TLS', when it technically (there is a difference after all) should say 'SSL'?
>>> Not a big deal, but it is just something I've been meaning to ask
>> because it is practically the same?
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
> 
> Practically - but not *exactly*, hence my use of the word 'technically'...
> 
> Maybe I'm picking nits, but that doesn't change the fact that they are *not* exactly the same.

Technically you're almost definitely using the TLS protocol (it has nothing to do with ports). http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL has some info about Dovecot's naming. (Of course, in Dovecot it's somewhat confusing since the config files use SSL but the logs use TLS.. uhm..)