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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 6ac8fd77..27ba0d9e 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/03/14 00:27:48 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/03/14 01:08:26 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ delivery is that you may be able to arrange this by using ssh(1); see Note that ssh is not a complete privacy solution either, as your mail could have been snooped in transit to your POP server from wherever it originated. For best security, agree with your correspondents to use -a tool such as GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard) or PGP (Pretty Good -Privacy).<P> +a tool such as <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GPG</a> (Gnu Privacy +Guard) or PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).<P> If ssh/sshd isn't available, or you find it too complicated for you to set up, password encryption will at least keep a malicious cracker @@ -507,9 +507,6 @@ there is not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so the two will interoperate happily. They better, because this is how Craig gets his mail ;-)<P> -(One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to U.S. export -restrictions.)<P> - <hr> <h2><a name="G10">G10. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic IP address?</a></h2> @@ -1813,12 +1810,13 @@ is the only one I'm aware of and the one I recommend anyway for other reasons. You'll need version 4.1-FINAL or greater though, and it has to have GSS support compiled in.<p> -Neither UW-IMAP nor fetchmail compile in support for GSS by default, since -it requires libraries from the Kerberos V distribution (available via FTP at -<a href="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/kerberos">athena-dist.mit.edu</a> -but mind the export restrictions). If you have these, compiling in GSS support -is simple: add a <pre>--with-gssapi=[/path/to/krb5/root]</pre> option to -configure. For instance, I have all of my Kerberos V libraries installed under +Neither UW-IMAP nor fetchmail compile in support for GSS by default, +since it requires libraries from the Kerberos V distribution +(available via FTP at <a +href="ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/ATHENA/kerberos">athena-dist.mit.edu</a). +If you have these, compiling in GSS support is simple: add a +<pre>--with-gssapi=[/path/to/krb5/root]</pre> option to configure. For +instance, I have all of my Kerberos V libraries installed under /usr/krb5 so I run <pre>configure --with-gssapi=/usr/krb5</pre><p> Setting up Kerberos V authentication is beyond the scope of this FAQ @@ -2768,7 +2766,7 @@ terminate it.<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/03/14 00:27:48 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/03/14 01:08:26 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |