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Re: Securing POP3




Basically, you can use the -L switch with SSH to tunnel POP3 sessions
through a secure connections between two LANs/hosts. It's called port
forwarding. You can look into the archives of the ssh mailing list
somewhere at http://www.clinet.fi .

Shachar.

On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Nadav Refaely wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to read my email via POP3 securely over a LAN. The sysadmin
> has brought to my knowledge the SSH FAQ section 4.8, but the link
> specified there is invalid. I tried looking for an updated version of the
> FAQ, but the newest one seems to be from July '97.
> 
> Does anybody use the scripts specified there and/or can tell where to get
> them and/or can send them to me by email?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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Shachar Tal
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Taub Computer Center, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
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