Re: exim-tls or VPN -- SOLVED (ssh tunnels!)
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 10:42:45PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Will Trillich (will@serensoft.com) [030615 22:14]:
> > i've been fencing with exim-tls and am at the cusp of
> > surrendering. i hear that i could use a vpn to allow my emailers
> > to connect securely and send/receive email that way, without
> > having to wrestle exim to do the tls that's supposed to be so
> > simple...
>
> Hold it right there. There's no way that setting up VPN clients
> for all of your clients will be easier than setting up exim-tls. I just
> thought I'd warn you before you go pulling on the VPN rope that it's
> much easier to hang yourself with that than with tls/smtp.
>
> What problems have you faced trying to get exim-tls up and running? I
> can share my config if you need it.
finally -- our solution is
ssh using tunnels to port 25 (and 110)
which is actually simple enough that my brain doesn't cower in
the corner!
i tried the exim-tls thing, really i did, but certificates and
signatures and guard dogs and barbed wire and mine fields
(especially the mine fields) kept my little gray cells from
accomplishing anything useful. but ssh tunnelling i actually
understand! and, it works...
anybody got sound reasons why ssh tunnelling is a bad idea?
--
I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0;
Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #45 from Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com>
:
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:set ff=unix
before saving the file (":opt" for more info); or, use perl:
perl -pi.dos -e 's/\cM//g' filename*pattern.txt
("perldoc perlrun" for more info.)
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