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Insert a blurb about IMAPS on localhost being pointless.

tassium 22 年之前
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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
 Unless the administrator changes the authentication methods, SquirrelMail
 will default to the "classic" plaintext methods, without TLS.
 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
 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------
 ------------
 
 
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ CRAM/DIGEST-MD5
 
 
 TLS
 TLS
 * SquirrelMail 1.3.3 or higher
 * 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
 * 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
   on must have a dedicated port listening for TLS connections. (ie. port
   993 for IMAP, 465 for SMTP) 
   993 for IMAP, 465 for SMTP)