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Insert a blurb about IMAPS on localhost being pointless.

tassium 22 years ago
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doc/authentication.txt

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ SMTP. TLS is able to be enabled on a per-service basis as well.
 Unless the administrator changes the authentication methods, SquirrelMail
 will default to the "classic" plaintext methods, without TLS.
 
+Note: There is no point in using TLS if your IMAP server is localhost. You need
+root to sniff the loopback interface, and if you don't trust root, or an attacker
+already has root, the game is over.  You've got a lot more to worry about beyond
+having the loopback interface sniffed.
+
 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------
 
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ CRAM/DIGEST-MD5
 
 TLS
 * SquirrelMail 1.3.3 or higher
-* PHP 4.3.0 or higher
+* PHP 4.3.0 or higher (Check Release Notes for PHP 4.3.x information)
 * The "STARTTLS" command is NOT supported.  The server you wish to use TLS
   on must have a dedicated port listening for TLS connections. (ie. port
   993 for IMAP, 465 for SMTP)