POP3 over SSL

6 Jan 2003

      Hello to all,
I have just installed SuSE Linux 8.1 Professional with postfix as a mail
server for my Institute, and I would like to allow my users to use POP3
over SSL. Where can I find more info about it?

Here is the summary of my current situation:

I created certificate file and placed it in
/usr/share/ssl/certs/ipop3d.pem, the appropriate sections of
/etc/xinetd.conf and /etc/services are

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service pop3s
{
        socket_type     = stream
        protocol        = tcp
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        server          = /usr/sbin/ipop3d
        server_args     = -s
}
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and

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pop3s           995/tcp spop3   # pop3 protocol over TLS/SSL (was spop3)
pop3s           995/udp spop3   # pop3 protocol over TLS/SSL (was spop3)
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but here is the excerpt from /var/log/mail

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Jan  6 11:38:35 octopus ipop3d[22783]: Unable to load private key from
/usr/share/ssl/certs/ipop3d.pem, host=[213.137.121.61]
Jan  6 11:38:35 octopus ipop3d[22783]: SSL error status:
error:0906406D:PEM routines:DEF_CALLBACK:problems getting password
Jan  6 11:38:35 octopus ipop3d[22783]: SSL error status:
error:0906A068:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad password read
Jan  6 11:38:35 octopus ipop3d[22783]: SSL error status:
error:140B3009:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_file:missing asn1 eos
------------------

Thank you in advance.

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Antun Balaz

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