Subj : Re: Binkd and TLS
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Dec 14 2019 11:06:28

Hi Michiel,

On 2019-12-14 00:44:32, you wrote to me:

 WV>> But I don't see it's absolute usefullness. Because binkd already
 WV>> encrypts (most) sessions. Only the initial connection setup is
 WV>> unencrypted. But that only contains already public information. Maybe
 WV>> if you live under a really surpressive regime, and you want to hide
 WV>> the fact you are communicating in fidonet? Maybe it helps a bit... But
 WV>> not if they take a closer look, at which IP's you communicate with all
 WV>> the time...

 MvdV> It may even have an adverse effect. IMHO for us small fish the best 
defence
 MvdV> against a hostile regime is to stay below the radar. Refrain from being 
an
 MvdV> interesting target, so they don't take that closer look. Using TLS may 
draw
 MvdV> their attention....

On the contrary. There are probably bilions of TLS connections every day. 
Multiple from every device on the net. So a couple of extra don't get noticed 
at all. On the other hand. A special and encrypted binkp protocol connection 
stands out.

Bye, Wilfred.

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