IMAP via SSH via dial-up?

[Michael Hipp]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
> | I've become experienced enough with SSH to trust it. And it has an
> | enviable record of security.
> |
> | Can the same be said of SSL? To me it has never been anything more
> | than an on-the-fly encryption scheme to prevent eavesdropping but
> | does no real authentication (of the public/private key variety).
> |
> | So I hear ya on SSL, I'm just stuck thinking of it as a lightweight.
> |
> | Any information/insights appreciated ...
> |
> Think of SSH as Telnet over SSL...  IIANM, That's basically the cruxt
> of the matter.

The first thing I turn off on SSH is password logins. That means a client 
without the right private key gets nowhere fast. Can you do the same with SSL 
- set it up to only work with public/private keys?

Thanks,
Michael