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  3. June 2008

Re: Question about TELNET and Authentication

David Gibbs wrote:
In addition to what Alfredo said, keep in mind that a mail server that requires authentication to send will probably require an encrypted session to authenticate (so passwords are not sent in the clear). That will probably be impossible via telnet.

There is a program called STunnel* which I've used in the past in these sorts of situations. I don't know if it would run in PASE, I've used it in Linux.

STunnel acts as an SSL interpreter for non-SSL-aware applications, by accepting unencrypted TCP packets on a local port, encrypting them according to the SSL standard, and then forwarding them to the intended recipient.

HTH,
Adam

* http://www.stunnel.org/

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