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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Services
IMAP and POP3 Server
Configure Dovecot if Necessary
Enable SSL Support
Disable Plaintext Authentication
Disable Plaintext Authentication
An XCCDF Rule
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Disable Plaintext Authentication
Unknown Severity
To prevent Dovecot from attempting plaintext authentication of clients, edit
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
and add\or correct the following line:
disable_plaintext_auth = yes