Secure Email While traveling
Curtis Rempel
curtis at telus.net
Thu Oct 21 16:35:57 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 10:19, John Garmany wrote:
> I am looking at ways to both send and retrieve email while traveling.
> Since I use hotel internet connections and public wireless connection, I
> am looking at a way to secure the connection. My traveling laptop is
> windows.
>
> My idea is this.
>
> 1. Connect using ssh to the Linux server with a couple of tunnels from
> local ports to the mail ports. (25 Sendmail, 143 IMAP, 110 POP3)
> 2. Point my email programs (Outlook for work, Thunderbird for
> personnel) to the local ports connected to the tunnel
> 3. Send and recieve mail.
>
> This should encrypt the connection for the mail so that no one could
> monitor my passwords or read my mail.
>
> Also Sendmail will see me as a local user (I think) and relay out my mail.
>
> Has anyone else tried this? Am I missing something. Is there an easier
> way.
>
> When I travel I open the mail ports throught the firewall and they get
> hit pretty hard. Average about 50 failed attempts a day at logging on
> as different users (nobody, guest, etc). This way I would only need to
> open the ssh port.
>
> John
>
You're 100% on the money John - I do this all the time and it works
great.
Curtis
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