It wasn't identified before? :)
"Yet, there is the risk that a compromised email password will then
compromise the network."
As far as a "switch" in Linux to separate them, you would have to do
this at the application level. So, for Linux and the VPN, you may
point them at one type of entry or even a container in LDAP, but for
email you would use another set of accounts. Or, perhaps your email
system would use an internal database of user accounts.
--- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author: "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" Download your free copies: http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm Thursday, February 15, 2007, 11:08:50 AM, you wrote: > Now that the potential problem has been identified... > I'd like to know what are the options of separating e-mail passwords > from the rest of the passwords? > By default, if I create a user account in linux server, the same > password is used for logging in, and e-mails etc.... so where is the > switch to separate them? > Petri > Dustin Puryear wrote: >> So, your users have to remember a separate password for email and one >> for ssh/VPN/desktop whatever? I just want to be clear. >> >> --- >> Puryear Information Technology, LLC >> Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 >> http://www.puryear-it.com >> >> Author: >> "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" >> "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" >> >> Download your free copies: >> http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm >> >> >> Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 5:17:05 PM, you wrote: >> >> >>> On 2/14/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com> wrote: >>> >>>> So, there is always this conflict over whether accounts for email >>>> (POP3, IMAP) should be tied to your normal account. >>>> >> >> >>> We have separated our shell & email accounts. We also do not allow >>> unencrypted anything. POPS, IMAPS only. >>> ___________________ >>> Nolug mailing list >>> nolug@nolug.org >>> >> >> ___________________ >> Nolug mailing list >> nolug@nolug.org >> >> > ___________________ > Nolug mailing list > nolug@nolug.org ___________________ Nolug mailing list nolug@nolug.orgReceived on 02/15/07
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