private key authentication

[parameci]

Hi everyone,

I'm not very experienced yet with qmail but i managed to build a few servers and I am very satisfied with them. However, I search a few hours on the net something that would make me understand if qmail supports user authentication using certificates / private key. Don't ask me why I want or need this - most of my reasons are the advantages of private keys over passwords.

If it can, please let me know how can configure it to enable this.

Thanks

[w0ls0n]

Hello,

Yes, qmail does support smtp with TLS or SSL. The main thing there is configuring it for your qmr box. First thing you will want to do is upgrade your qmr install to a more secure server like the link below. If you follow that to the end, that will give you a server with TLS on port 25:

http://www.goodcleanemail.com/kb.php?ToDo=view&questId=93&catId=3

If you want smtp with SSL, you can setup a seperate service like so:

http://www.goodcleanemail.com/kb.php?ToDo=view&questId=52&catId=3

If you're using FreeBSD, You can follow my walkthrough (which is a complete install) here:

http://freebsdrocks.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=25

[parameci]

Thank you very much Bill! I'll try what you suggested very soon. I''l be back hopefully to let you (and everyone else interested in this) know if it worked for me too. I hope I wont be a stress to you or others here if I come back with some problems.