46.3. Creating and Editing SSL Tunnels
If you want to protect a specific service with SSL encryption, you will need to create a new SSL tunnel. Two different types of tunnels can be created—one that runs a server process like inetd does, or one that connects to another host and port in non-SSL mode. The latter is simpler if you already have the server running in non-encrypted mode, but will be slightly slower due to the need to make an extra network connection.
Before you can create a tunnel, you must decide on a port number for it to use. For some protocols, there is a standard port number. For example, 995 is often used for encrypted POP3 and 993 is used for encrypted IMAP. Of course, the port number you choose must not be in use by any other ...
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