Posts Tagged ‘pop’
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Section 1: Introduction to Email Security
You may already know that email is insecure; however, it may surprise you to learn just how insecure it really is. For example, did you know that messages which you thought were deleted years ago may be sitting on servers half-way around the world? Or that your messages can be read and modified in transit, even before they reach their destination? Or even that the username and password that you use to login to your email servers can be stolen and used by hackers?
This article is designed to teach you about how email really works, what the real security issues are, what solutions exist, and how you can avoid security risks.
Information security and integrity are centrally important as we use email for personal and business communication: sending confidential and sensitive information over this medium every day. While you are reading this article, imagine how these security problems could affect your business or personal life and your identity…. if they have not already.
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Tags: asymmetric encryption, eavesdropping, email security, false messages, http, identity theft, imap, invasion of privacy, message modification, Message Replay, opportunistic TLS, pgp, pop, repudiation, s/mime, Simple Mail Transport Protocol, smtp, SMTP relaying, smtp server, ssl, ssl certificate, symmetric encryption, tls, Unprotected Backups
Posted in AAA Featured Articles, LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy, Popular Posts
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
LuxSci has been approached by many people asking for VPN (Virtual Private Network) services. When we ask them why, they indicate that they use wireless hotspots (like at Starbucks and other public places) that are insecure and untrusted and they want to be sure that their email is secure and encrypted there.*
Note that even if the hotspot is password protected and “secure”, that does not mean that it is “trusted”. The hot stop administrators or other users of that hotspot could still try to intercept your Internet traffic. So, just because it is a “secure” hotspot with the little lock next to it and a password that you must enter, do not assume you are safe at all.
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Tags: eavesdropping, email security, hotspot, imap, pop, secure email, smtp, ssl, tls, vpn, webmail, wireless
Posted in LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy
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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
You thought email was a simple concept, but you are at once confronted with a plethora of acronyms and jargon like POP, IMAP, WebMail, Aliases, Forwards, SMTP, IMAP, POP, Quota, SPAM, TLS, SSL, Archival, and more! This article describes the ins and outs of email, explains these terms, and helps you figure out what services and features you need from your personal or business email service provider.
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Tags: autoresponder, catch-all alias, email, email alias, email archival, email clients, email provider, imap, imaps, Internet Mail Access Protocol, personality, pop, pop3, pops, Post Office Protocol, private labeling, secure imap, secure pop, secure SMTP, security, Simple Mail Transport Protocol, smarthost, smtp, smtp authentication, SMTP relaying, smtp server, spam, ssl, tls, web-based email, webmail
Posted in AAA Featured Articles, LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email
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Monday, June 24th, 2013
The following situations or requirements are all very common to small and medium-sized businesses:
“We have travelling sales people who need to be able to access all their emails online.”
“We have users whose inbound/outbound email needs to be reviewed or accessible by management.”
“We have users who need to access the same email folders or addresses all of the time.”
These kinds of situations usually require
- Storage of lots of email, and
- Shared access to that email
In this article, we discuss some of the best ways to meet these needs and what things to avoid. In short, the answer is to use shared email folders combined with email archival for maximum redundancy and reliability. For what this means and why, read on:
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Tags: backup, email archival, hipaa, imap, mobilesync, pop, shared folders, shared users
Posted in Business Solutions, LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email
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Monday, June 10th, 2013
These questions arise over and over:
How do I prevent copies of my email (inbox/sent) from being backed up on your servers?
Is there an automatic way to do this?
What if I only want data saved on servers if it is encrypted?
Where are the other copies stored?
Can I use a WebAide to auto save/encrypt email and attachments and remove any copies received/sent?
We’ll answer these questions in general and in the context of LuxSci.
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Tags: backups, email, email archival, encryption, folders, imap, inbox, mobilesync, pop, sent, webaides
Posted in LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email
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