got a listener on 993

Ralph Seichter abbot at monksofcool.net
Tue Apr 14 19:26:39 EEST 2020


* David Mehler:

> Before I get in to my question is ssl on 993 or starttls on 143 better
> from a security perspective?

On the server side, it makes little difference. STARTTLS just means a
number of extra bytes are exchanged while an encrypted connection is
being established. If you want to support a wide range of clients,
expose both ports.

-Ralph


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