FreeKB - Encrypt SMTP traffic using a public/private key pair

Add the following to the /etc/postfix/main.cf file:

smtpd_tls_security_level = encrypt
smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/private/mail.example.com.key
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/certs/mail.example.com.crt
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:/var/lib/postfix/
smtpd_tls_cachetls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
tls_random_exchange_name = /var/lib/postfix/prng_exch

smtpd_tls_security_level: Setting this to "may" or "encrypt" tells Postfix to encrypt emails using TLS.
smtpd_tls_auth_only: When set to "yes", plain text authentication will not occur until TLS session has been established. When set to "no", plain text authentication will occur even if the TLS session has not been estabslihed.
smtpd_tls_key_file: This is the location of the private key file
smtpd_tls_cert_file: This is the location of the public certificate file
smtpd_tls_loglevel: Setting this to "1" tells Postfix to log TLS events
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout: It takes some time for the client and server to exchange keys. However, we do not want the client and server to keep a session open indefinately, so we set a timeout of 3,600 seconds.
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database: TBD
tls_random_source: TBD
tls_random_exchange_name: TBD
Further details are at http://www.postfix.org/TLS_README.html

Note: smtpd_tls_ask_ccert asks, but does not require, client computers to issue their public certificate to our Postfix email server. smtpd_tls_req_ccert requires client computers to issue their public certificate to our Postfix email server. Neither of these directives are needed, as we do not want to need client computers to issue their public certificate to use our Postfix email server. We will not use this directive.

smtp = incoming, smtpd = outgoing.

In the /etc/postfix/master.cf file, remove the comment from the following line to configure Postfix to listen on port 587 (SMTPs). The "s" stands for secured.

submission inet  n  -  n  -  -  smtpd

The ps command can be used to determine if your system is using init or systemd. If PID 1 is init, then you will use the service command. If PID 1 is systemd, then you will use the systemctl command.

If your system is using systemd, use the systemctl command to start and enable postfix.

systemctl restart postfix
systemctl status postfix

If your system is using init, use the chkconfig and service commands to start and enable postfix.

service postfix restart
service postfix status

Use Nmap to ensure port 587 is open. Nmap should have the following:

587/tcp  open  submission

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