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Secure, Shared Hosting?

Posted by Cliff on from the finding-a-secure-and-comfortable-nest-for-your-boxen dept.

skrysakj asks: "I have been searching high and low for a hosting company that can provide SSL encrypted POP3 or IMAP at an affordable price. I'd like something that is shared, not dedicated, to keep costs down. I believe that pghoster.com is a good option, since they offer a personal SSL certificate, a dedicated IP address, and more. Has anyone else found another viable and cost effective solution? Other features, such as SPAM filters, control panels, PHP, MySQL are all 'standard' but I just can't seem to find a company that offers that extra mile for paranoid security freaks such as myself."

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  1. Postfix - enable opportunistic encryption by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...considering that all the email will have been delivered across the 'net by insecure, plain-text SMTP anyway?

    It's a good point, but the right thing to do is to fix the SMTP end, then the SSL matters.

    I was suprised how easy it was to enable opportunistic encryption under Postfix after it was setup for TLS SMTP sessions. Watching the logs was surprising - a large number of sites will actually negotiate TLS SMTP sessions given the chance.

    So if you're a postfix admin and a freedom-loving cypherpunk, get this turned on for the good of mankind.

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