Re: [Evolution-hackers] ssl always/when-possible/never etc proposal

["Brian P. Skahan" <bskahan etria com>]

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 10:43 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
>     On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:12 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote: 
> > > Security: None / TLS / SSL
> > > 
> > > which is what we really mean.
> >
> > But you can use TLS via a secure transmission pipe or not correct?  I
> > think we need to distinguish those two cases as well otherwise the user
> > maybe unable to determine the level of security used via the UI.
> >     
>     
>     Possibly you can, but it doesn't make much sense.  And in that case we should just have another drop-down entry
>     None / TLS / SSL / TLS over SSL

Would it be better to remove the configuration entirely?

Replace it with a modified "Test connection" button that tries most secure to least secure, until one works.

User gets feedback saying "Using an very secure connection" (for always), "using a mostly secure connection" (for when possible), and "Using an insecure connection".

While it does that it can populate the authentication method drop down.

Just a thought,

-Brian

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