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RH302 Question #149: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
IMAP is a very usefully protocol, but it lacks encryption. The dovecot package distributed with RHEL includes the ability to use IMAP over SSL. This requires the creation of a PEM format certificate. 1. cd /etc/pki/tls/ and remove the cert.pem. 2. Go the /etc/pki/tls/certs then u
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User jeff should able to access the mail using IMAP over SSL
Explanation
IMAP is a very usefully protocol, but it lacks encryption. The dovecot package distributed with RHEL includes the ability to use IMAP over SSL. This requires the creation of a PEM format certificate.
- cd /etc/pki/tls/ and remove the cert.pem.
- Go the /etc/pki/tls/certs then use:
- make dovecot.pem : Which generates the dovecot.pem certificate by reading Makefile
- Enable the imaps with Certificate and Key file protocol from /etc/dovecot.conf vi /etc/dovecot.conf protocols = imap imaps ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
- service dovecot restart : Restart the Dovecot service
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