[Dovecot] Protocol logging - TLS vs SSL

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Tue Feb 26 22:50:45 EET 2013


On 26.2.2013, at 22.46, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> wrote:

> I'm curious though... I'm fairly certain that my Android phone differentiates between SSL and TLS, with choices something like:
> 
> NONE
> SSL if available
> SSL Always
> TLS if available
> TLS Always
> 
> And I always choose (chose - from now on I'll choose TLS) 'SSL Always', so shouldn't these connections show 'SSL' instead of TLS, since I'm basically forcing my phone to SSL?

Those aren't really about SSL/TLS either. The same choices in slightly better words are:

 * none
 * TLS on port 993 if available
 * TLS on port 993 always
 * STARTTLS on port 143 if available
 * STARTTLS on port 143 always



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