Subj : Binkd and TLS
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Oli
Date : Sat Dec 14 2019 08:24 am

 WV> Hi Alan,

 WV> On 2019-12-13 15:31:14, 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.
 WV>>> Maybe if you live under a really surpressive regime, and you
 WV>>> want to hide the fact you are communicating in fidonet? Maybe it
 WV>>> helps a bit... But not if they take a closer look, at which IP's
 WV>>> you communicate with all the time...

 AI>> I'm not absolutely sure of all the implications. I prefer binkps
 AI>> for the same reasons I prefer https.

 WV> You can't compare binkp and http in that regard.

Of course you can. Encrypted data transmission over TCP/TLS. Content can be 
anything.


 
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