Hi there,
Just wanted to clarify how secure are normal (un-encrypted) messages are on the local area network.
Someone just asked me if anyone using network tools could somehow read/access un-encrypted messages when they travel over the network.
I was not too sure how/if Notes protected such messages from hackers/evesdroppers.
The Admin guide does talk about mail security but that is all about signing & encryption.
Thanks for any inputs…
Ayaz
Subject: Mail security
If you turn on port encryption on your servers, then all server-to-server and client-to-server network transactions will be encrypted. This is regardless of whether the individual messages are encrypted.
-rich
Subject: RE: Mail security
Thanks a lot Rich!
I don’t think this would work for IMAP clients since they don’t use NRPC … correct ?
Subject: RE: Mail security
Correct. Domino does support SSL (port 993) for IMAP connections, but you would have to force it by disabling the non-SSL (port 143) port in the Server Document. And obviously all your users would require IMAP clients that support SSL.
Furthermore, Notes port encryption won’t apply to any SMTP routing between the Domino servers if you’ve got that configured; or to/from servers outside your company. You can configure SSL/TLS for SMTP on Domino, which would protect the internal routing, but it would only protect external routing if the server on the other end also supports TLS.
Subject: RE: Mail security
Awesome!
Thanks again Rich…