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It is often encrypted, but since the encryption is negotiated using STARTTLS it can easily be stripped by an active attacker. It works fine against passive atta
by pjqwdpjoqw 13y ago
It is often encrypted, but since the encryption is negotiated using STARTTLS it can easily be stripped by an active attacker. It works fine against passive attackers.
- kintamanimatt 13y agoSMTP relay is almost always unencrypted. The client that connects to the SMTP server may connect via an encrypted connection though, but that's mostly to prevent snooping on the client's local network.