[imp] Question on using SSL

[chuddles@coin.org]

Very cool, thanks for the information on this!  We'll see how it goes...
-Chris

Quoting Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>:

> Quoting chuddles@coin.org:
> 
> > I've tried to read the pertinent info on Apache and SSL, and also got
> the IMP
> > FAQ section on secure/encrypted IMAP-SSL connections (which seems to
> say that
> > c library/imap can't do SSL natively), but I just want to ask a
> general 
> > question... If Apache/PHP/IMP/MySQL/IMAP server are all on the same
> box, 
> > wouldn't this support an SSL connection?  Since talking to the IMAP
> server 
> > wouldn't itself have to be encrypted, just the data going over the
> wire
> > between the client and web server.  Just wondered if someone could
> give a
> > brief overview of why or why not SSL would work.  
> 
> If that's all you're talking about, then IMP doesn't even have to know
> (well,
> sort of, but don't worry about that) - yes, SSL will work in that
> situation with
> no difference from how it would work for static html on the same server.
> 
> > Related note, would applying mod_ssl and recompiling Apache have any
> effect
> > on IMP's operation, even if not using https?
> 
> Not directly, no.
> 
> -chuck
> 
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