Re: Trying to explain mutt+ssl to myself :(
"Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently migrated my mail from courier-imap to dovecot.
> In doing so, I finally configured mutt to connect to imaps (SSL).
>
> In the end I got it all working. I then sat back and thought:
> "I kinda don't understand the SSL/TLS part even though it works".
> And I hate setting stuff up and not truely understanding the
> mechanics of it.
>
> So I started to write about it and am stuck. Can those that
> _understand_ mutt+ssl have a read of what I wrote to myself and
> give me your $00.02 worth (corrections etc).
>
> Trying to explain mutt+ssl and getting it all wrong
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>
Wikipedia has a decent right-up on how SSL works:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssl
-ryan