topic Re: current implementation of SMTP in Netapp Ontap Cloud Volumes for ASUP and other Mailservices in Cloud Volumes ONTAP

current implementation of SMTP in Netapp Ontap Cloud Volumes for ASUP and other Mailservices

fressendefleischpflanze — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:51:23 GMT

i figured out, that currently netapp have no solution for sending secure mails via smtp... they working on SMTP STARTTLS, which is coming years too late (exists since 1999) and have security gaps.... But they are not working on Implicit TLS... can be funnny if your company decides to allow only Implicit TLS.... But somebody at Netapp is sleeping very well with this topic and should be wake up.... so i would say: good morning netapp: there is something to do with this must have feature!

Re: current implementation of SMTP in Netapp Ontap Cloud Volumes for ASUP and other Mailservices

anee — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:40:41 GMT

Dear customer,

we understand the concern and it is been addressed by Engineering.

https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/bugs-online/product/ONTAP/BURT/1098213

Internal ticket id 97962: Add STARTTLS SMTP support for AIQ (ASUP, Autosupport) - seen work in progress on many fronts and will soon be addressed.

Re: current implementation of SMTP in Netapp Ontap Cloud Volumes for ASUP and other Mailservices

fressendefleischpflanze — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:49:39 GMT

in your link we see only the starttls info which is from 2007 and before but not the smtp auth. there is a cleare difference between smtp with starttls and smtp auth/tls. please netapp, get uptodate: read: RFC 8314 - Cleartext Considered Obsolete: Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Email Submission and Access (ietf.org)

Re: current implementation of SMTP in Netapp Ontap Cloud Volumes for ASUP and other Mailservices

fressendefleischpflanze — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:54:11 GMT

smtp starttls vs. implicit