Re: Securing webmail - changing a port necessary to ensure security?

[Michael Gale <michael () bluesuperman com>]

Webmail .... check out squirrelmail ... it is a php webmail client ...
you can secure it a lot more then OWA.

It runs on apache so you can use ssl with server and client certs amount
other things.

Michael.


On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:02:34 -0500
"Jennifer Fountain" <jfountain () rbinc com> wrote:

> I am going back and forth on this one with a consultant on this one
> and need an expert opinion.  So, I turn to you :)  When configuring
> webemail(such as owa) that is using https, is it better to change the
> default port (443) to an uncommon port (20000)for security reasons? 
> Does it secure it further by doing this?  Wouldn't it cause more
> issues than anything if you try to access that site from inside an org
> that only allows port 80/443 and 21 out?  
>
> Thank you in advance for any opinions you may share.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jennifer Fountain
>
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