RE: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] Sendmail 8.10.0

["Tony" <isplists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, sorry I was in hurry. To clarify:

Sendmail tightens e-mail security via encryption by Dennis Fischer
PC Week 3/13/2000

The product is Secure Switch for Sendmail which features server-level
encryption
of outbound and inbound mail. Mail encryption process is handled by TLS
(Transport Layer Security) which uses certificate authentication to protect
the integrity
of messages and prevent unauthorized access to the mail server....
Pricing for Secure Switch starts at $1495.00

Other advanced features of the commercial sendmail:

http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000313F632

Pricing for Sendmail Switch starts at $495, and pricing for Sendmail Multi
Switch begins at $4,495.

Sendmail SINGLE switch IS available now for $99 (list is $495) and is an
entry-level product and probably not suited for an ISP or hosting operation.

Sendmail themselves say:
http://www2.sendmail.com/switch/faq/

"Upgrade to Sendmail Secure Switch if you:
Want to encrypt sendmail traffic between your mail servers for maximum
security
Want mobile users to be authenticated and and be able to relay encrypted
emails via your SMTP server through their local ISP"

So in order to get encryption services you must upgrade to Sendmail Secure
which lists for $1495.00
The OPEN SOURCE Sendmail 8.10 includes 'SMTP authentication' which is NOT
the same thing as two-way server transit encryption. The only encryption
technolgy mentioned as included in the $99 product and the Opensource
version is the
secure, encrypted connection to and from the Admin Console.

SMTP authentication is the POP-before-SMTP deal. Users can relay safely by
authenticating just like they do with POP.

The Encryption technology solves a lot of problems that e-commerce and
shopping cart people have been keeping tight lipped about or have convoluted
and complex solutions for.
The weak link in a lot of off-the-shelf shopping carts has been e-mail
transit to the store owner. IE: Shopping cart is SSL enabled and secure.
Data going from the client's browser to the server is encrypted. So far so
good. The better cart programs
make the store owner log onto the SSL server and read the orders on the
server through an encrypted connection or use a PGP enabled email system.
The rest of them take the order information and simply e-mail it to the
store owner over a completely open, non-encrypted non-secure e-mail
connection. With Sendmail Secure Switch the whole process can be done safely
and securely through email. There's tons of potential applications for this
technology so the $1495 price tag is pretty reasonable.

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jens Kristian
Søgaard
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 6:54 PM
To: Cobalt User Group
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] Sendmail 8.10.0


"Tony" <isplists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >From what I read that feature is in the $1500 commercial version of
> Sendmail, not the opensource version.

Well, you've read something wrong then.

It _is_ in the Open Source version.

And btw, the Commercial Version of sendmail is available for $99 right
now. Not $1500.


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