Re: secure pop3

[Michael Knoop <mknoop@uic.edu>]

I have done this, and it is not hard.  You have to connect SSH with local
port forwarding on port 110.  Then, set your mail client to use a pop3
server on localhost.  SSH will forward the pop3 request to the connected
machine and send your mail back along the same connection, as if the server
were running on your own desktop machine.  If you want this to be secure,
you have to have port 110 blocked on your desktop with IP chains or the
like.  Otherwise, anyone else can address the pop3 server by addressing
your desktop.

Mike K.




At 10:49 AM 8/2/01 -0300, you wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>I have a smtp/pop3 server behind a firewall at work and I can login the
>server using ssh. The problem is that the port 110 is closed for external
>interface, so I can't get my email messages with pop3 clients.
>
>Is there any way to tunnel pop3 over ssh? How? 
>I'm using that with X11 and it works ok.
>
>If it's not possible, how can I secure pop3?
>
>thanks
>
>--ejg:wq!
>
>
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