[imp] secure IMP connections

[arijit das]

imp@lists.horde.org wrote:
>

> If you don't trust root, your data cannot be safe. (The data has to be
> read, right? So root can see it in memory. Or root can replace the
> program or library that does the encryption with one with a
> backdoor. And so on.)
> 
>   -Rich
> 


I see what you are telling here, given this logic, root can
see the UNIX password (encrypted) of any user, since it will
get access to it in memory eventually.


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