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Can somebody tell me what this actually does? All I see is an MTA and some hand waving.
by HurrdurrHodor 9y ago
Can somebody tell me what this actually does? All I see is an MTA and some hand waving.
- myhf 9y agoSome history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit
- HurrdurrHodor 9y agoI know of lavabit but I want to know what this software does.
- ladarlevison 9y agoIt's a monolithic mail daemon that speaks SMTP, POP, IMAP and HTTP, and uses DIME to encrypt messages when they arrive unprotected. It has preliminary support for DMTP and DMAP. Basically it's a replacement for your MTA and access server, which you'd run if you wanted a mail server that protected messages using an individuals password.
- liopleurodon 9y agoHere's the talk Levison gave on it at Defcon a few years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzvXaxR6us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzvXaxR6us