[Dovecot] IMAP SSL proxy (questions)

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Wed May 8 19:57:23 EEST 2013



Am 08.05.2013 18:04, schrieb Trever L. Adams:
> Is this possible? Can this be implemented in dovecot? If not, does
> anyone know of such a project. Proxy needs to not have any exploitable
> holes and really only needs to understand enough SSL to get the
> server_name, pass through the connection, replaying Client Hello, and
> then knowing when to shut the connection

it is a broken idea

IMAP/PO3/SMTP is not a website with different contents
you need ONE certificate and ONE server-name and you are done

in case of dovecot as proxy you do not need SSL at all
on the backend sevrers if they are not accessed via WAN


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