diff options
| author | Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> | 2019-08-01 23:23:52 -0600 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Eduardo Chappa <chappa@washington.edu> | 2019-08-01 23:23:52 -0600 |
| commit | 7c5899d54f194bac2eb799706aec08cda8ab7aa3 (patch) | |
| tree | a450163c4b1392d4fed74c18d7328d55cd45a0dc | |
| parent | c81d2e8c36f45764436db4fd44cbae2b0ba9c9e0 (diff) | |
| download | alpine-7c5899d54f194bac2eb799706aec08cda8ab7aa3.tar.xz | |
* Improvements to the documentation on the meaning of the /tls unary
parameter to make sure the user understands that this is used when the
STARTLS command is needed and not when a TLS encryption is needed.
| -rw-r--r-- | pith/pine.hlp | 23 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index 8ad4120..ffcf12a 100644 --- a/pith/pine.hlp +++ b/pith/pine.hlp @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ with help text for the config screen and the composer that didn't have any reasonable place to be called from. Dummy change to get revision in pine.hlp ============= h_revision ================= -Alpine Commit 361 2019-07-31 22:42:27 +Alpine Commit 362 2019-08-01 23:23:44 ============= h_news ================= <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -20876,14 +20876,21 @@ An example might be: <DT>TLS</DT> <DD> -Normally, when a new connection is made an attempt is made to -negotiate a secure (encrypted) session using Transport Layer Security (TLS). -If that fails then a non-encrypted connection will be attempted instead. This is a unary parameter indicating communication with the server must -take place over a TLS connection. If the attempt to use TLS fails then -this parameter will cause the connection to fail instead of falling -back to an unsecure connection. <A href="h_security_considerations">Learn more</A> -about security considerations when you use this option. +take place over a TLS connection. If you use this parameter, Alpine will +establish an insecure connection to the server, and later will attempts to +use a secure encrypted connection. If the attempt to use TLS fails then +this parameter will cause the connection to fail instead of falling back +to an insecure connection. +<P> +Use this option when you are told to use STARTTLS. If you are told to use +SSL or TLS on port 993, use the /ssl unary parameter instead, and not this +parameter. Use this parameter when establishing a connection to a server +on an insecure port (normally port 143 for IMAP) and then needing to +establish a secure connection using STARTTLS. + +<P><A href="h_security_considerations">Learn more</A> about security +considerations when you use this option. <P> <CENTER><SAMP>/tls</SAMP></CENTER> |