Instalar un servidor de e-mail que soporte el protocolo IMAPS.

root@server:~# apt-get install dovecot-imapd

Toda la configuración está almacenada en el archivo /etc/dovecot/local.conf.

root@server:~# touch /etc/dovecot/local.conf

El servidor de e-mail dovecot sólo acepta conexiones encriptadas vía TLS (Transport Layer Security) o SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). Ambos requieren certificados digitales.

Los certificados SSL para dovecot son generados automáticamente durante la instalación. Sin embargo, podemos utilizar los Certificados ssl Auto-firmados que se generaron previamente:

/etc/dovecot/local.conf

##
## SSL settings
##

# SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required. <doc/wiki/SSL.txt>
#ssl = yes

# PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before
# dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but
# root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed
# certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf
#ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
#ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/server.key

# If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively
# give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter. Since this file is often
# world-readable, you may want to place this setting instead to a different
# root owned 0600 file by using ssl_key_password = <path.
#ssl_key_password =

# [...]

La localización de los buzones de correo debe indicarse también, para evitar ambigüedades. En este caso se encuentran en un sub-directorio del directorio home de cada usuario llamada “Maildir”:

/etc/dovecot/local.conf

# [...]

##
## Mailbox locations and namespaces
##

# Location for users' mailboxes. The default is empty, which means that Dovecot
# tries to find the mailboxes automatically. This won't work if the user
# doesn't yet have any mail, so you should explicitly tell Dovecot the full
# location.
#
# If you're using mbox, giving a path to the INBOX file (eg. /var/mail/%u)
# isn't enough. You'll also need to tell Dovecot where the other mailboxes are
# kept. This is called the "root mail directory", and it must be the first
# path given in the mail_location setting.
#
# There are a few special variables you can use, eg.:
#
#   %u - username
#   %n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
#   %d - domain part in user@domain, empty if there's no domain
#   %h - home directory
#
# See doc/wiki/Variables.txt for full list. Some examples:
#
#   mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
#   mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
#   mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%1n/%n
#
# <doc/wiki/MailLocation.txt>
#
#mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

# [...]

La configuracion de puede comprobar con el comando dovecot -n:

root@server:~# dovecot -n
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian 7.0
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location =
  mailbox Drafts {
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix =
}
passdb {
  driver = pam
}
protocols = " imap"
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/server.key
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}

Las ramas del árbol Maildir debe generarse a partir del home de cada usuario. Para esto, debe ser ejecutado el comando maildirmake.dovecot por cada usuario ya creado.

El comando más abajo muda la identidad del usuario corriente para un usuario “fribeiro” y crea la rama Maildir en el home del mismo usuario. Este comando debe repetirse con cada usuario ya existente:

root@server:~# su - fribeiro -c 'maildirmake.dovecot ~/Maildir'

Esta rama también debe ser creada sobre el directorio /etc/skel. El contenido de /etc/skelse utiliza como modelo para el directorio home de los usuarios que sean creados en el futuro. Así, cuando se activaran nuevos usuarios, las ramas de Maildir se generarían automáticamente:

root@server:~# maildirmake.dovecot /etc/skel/Maildir

Reiniciar el servidor:

root@server:~# service dovecot restart

Verificar el servicio imap para las direcciones locales:

root@server:~# telnet 127.0.0.1 imap
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready.
a001 login fribeiro password
a001 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE] Logged in
a002 examine inbox
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox.
* 0 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1368467911] UIDs valid
* OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
* OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences
a002 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed.
a003 logout
* BYE Logging out
a003 OK Logout completed.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Desde otro sistema, verificar si son rechazadas las conexiones IMAP simples sim TLS por ser consideradas inseguras, una vez se envíen las contraseñas en texto simple:

fribeiro@laptop:~$ telnet 192.168.1.100 imap
Trying 192.168.1.100...
Connected to 192.168.1.100.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready.
a001 login fribeiro password
* BAD Error in IMAP command received by server.
a002 logout
* BYE Logging out
a002 OK Logout completed.
Connection closed by foreign host.

Sin embargo, las conexiones IMAPS deben ser aceptadas a partir de cualquier sistema:

fribeiro@laptop:~# openssl s_client -connect 192.168.1.100:imaps
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=0 C = PT, ST = Portugal, O = My Home Lan, CN = *.home.lan
verify error:num=18:self signed certificate
verify return:1
depth=0 C = PT, ST = Portugal, O = My Home Lan, CN = *.home.lan
verify return:1
---
Certificate chain
 0 s:/C=PT/ST=Portugal/O=My Home Lan/CN=*.home.lan
   i:/C=PT/ST=Portugal/O=My Home Lan/CN=*.home.lan
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=/C=PT/ST=Portugal/O=My Home Lan/CN=*.home.lan
issuer=/C=PT/ST=Portugal/O=My Home Lan/CN=*.home.lan
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 1644 bytes and written 518 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: zlib compression
Expansion: zlib compression
SSL-Session:
    Protocol  : TLSv1.2
    Cipher    : DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
    Session-ID: 7132EDC87DCFB31A724AA30B9DFA0228B09A9B01602F87AFED370767DD68CAA1
    Session-ID-ctx:
    Master-Key: 43280FEF5FDEB05D5E9860C3F667B7D96BAFF33B0DE97D41E7FD8216CEF3E5D4B16EC848094B3382CBE496D49D88D6AD
    Key-Arg   : None
    PSK identity: None
    PSK identity hint: None
    SRP username: None
    TLS session ticket lifetime hint: 300 (seconds)
    TLS session ticket:
    0000 - 75 73 aa ca 0b 29 4b 13-fe 0a 06 44 a4 0a f1 6c   us...)K....D...l
    0010 - 81 a1 ec 80 15 09 7e b3-09 c3 ab 72 01 25 ea 51   ......~....r.%.Q
    0020 - 97 45 95 19 0e 14 d7 21-67 57 db 3b 83 73 f0 56   .E.....!gW.;.s.V
    0030 - 07 44 db 45 3f ce fa 8c-3a cc 48 22 29 7b db 43   .D.E?...:.H"){.C
    0040 - fa 08 12 93 dc be 36 78-23 a4 4f 68 bb 34 71 40   ......6x#.Oh.4q@
    0050 - 6e 8c 07 44 fa 7f 77 4d-95 a0 b1 24 05 a6 08 93   n..D..wM...$....
    0060 - 79 b6 d3 e5 d0 a3 e0 db-85 7a d1 81 ae 73 1f 33   y........z...s.3
    0070 - 73 24 81 10 29 ae 8f 63-8c f5 b1 2e e5 43 f6 65   s$..)..c.....C.e
    0080 - 9d 2c b8 e2 7d 6b 8f 71-22 ff d7 82 fa 5d 11 56   .,..}k.q"....].V
    0090 - 5f ef 39 f3 65 10 eb 17-58 ac 29 15 13 c7 b3 7c   _.9.e...X.)....|
 
    Compression: 1 (zlib compression)
    Start Time: 1368468299
    Timeout   : 300 (sec)
    Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate)
---
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready.
a001 login fribeiro password
a001 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE] Logged in
a002 examine inbox
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox.
* 0 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1368467911] UIDs valid
* OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
* OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences
a002 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed.
a003 logout
* BYE Logging out
a003 OK Logout completed.
closed

Como verificación final, puede crearse una cuenta en un cliente de e-mail, como Thunderbird: Para esto, debe seleccionarse el protocolo IMAP, la conexión requiere TLS (puerto 143) o SSL (puerto 993) y la dirección será la del servidor (192.168.1.100 o mail.home.lan, en caso de que haya configurado previamente un Servidor DNS para la red local).

Si se configuró el acceso sin TLS o SSL, el acceso será negado:

Dado que los certificados son auto-firmados, en los clientes e-mail aparecerá una ventana donde consta que no conocen la autoridad del certificado.

Una verificación debe indicar que el certificado utilizado es realmente el que queremos usar:

Una vez verificado el certificado, este podrá ser añadido a la lista de excepciones de seguridad.

• Dovecot
• Wikipedia: Imap
• Wikipedia: Imap
• OpenSSL
• Wikipedia: OpenSSL
• Wikipedia: TLS
• Wikipedia: TLS
• Securing Debian Manual, 5.6 Securing the mail service