Subj : -64 and -46 option missing in 101
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Alexey Fayans
Date : Wed May 06 2020 15:11:18

Hello Alan!

On Tue, 05 May 2020 at 11:48 -0700, you wrote to me:

 AF>> Why keep saying it is secure while it is not?
 AI> I say it is secure because it is! Arguing that it isn't is just plain
 AI> silly.

No it is not. Thinking that obfuscation equals security is silly.

 AF>> It would only be secure if certificates could be verified.
 AF>> Otherwise it is zero security.
 AI> We could use some kind of in house certificates in fidonet. We would
 AI> have to build and maintain all that.

There are many options. For example, have centralized certificate issuer or 
have pubkeys in nodelist or DNS. The only problem is that there is no standard 
to implement.


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