Subj : Binkd and TLS
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Dec 14 2019 12:44 am

Hello Wilfred,

On Friday December 13 2019 23:31, you wrote to Oli:

 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...

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

Cheers, Michiel

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