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haraka / Haraka

A fast, highly extensible, and event driven SMTP server
https://haraka.github.io
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Is it necessary to use a CA signed cert for the TLS plugin? #1431

Closed robguthrie closed 8 years ago

robguthrie commented 8 years ago

Sorry, not really an issue, but I wanted to know if there was any real world disadvantage to using a self signed certificate with the tls plugin?

It seems to me like it is not common for other MTA's to care about if your cert is signed or not.

baudehlo commented 8 years ago

Correct. Currently it is rare for SMTP servers to care about the signing validity of the certificate. But I feel this will change soon, especially given that certs are now free from letsencrypt.

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Sorry, not really an issue, but I wanted to know if there was any real world disadvantage to using a self signed certificate with the tls plugin?

It seems to me like it is not common for other MTA's to care about if your cert is signed or not.

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robguthrie commented 8 years ago

Thank you.

baudehlo commented 8 years ago

For what it's worth, for 2.9, we will be investigating the possibility of having every Haraka instance have a signed cert using letsencrypt.

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Closed #1431.

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robguthrie commented 8 years ago

Oh that's very exciting!

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For what it's worth, for 2.9, we will be investigating the possibility of having every Haraka instance have a signed cert using letsencrypt.

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Closed #1431.

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