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SMTP Service STARTTLS Command Support

info Nessus Plugin ID 42088

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Synopsis

The remote mail service supports encrypting traffic.

Description

The remote SMTP service supports the use of the 'STARTTLS' command to switch from a cleartext to an encrypted communications channel.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STARTTLS

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2487

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 42088

File Name: smtp_starttls.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: remote

Published: 10/9/2009

Updated: 3/20/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: global_settings/disable_test_ssl_based_services