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   Message 6,436 of 8,958   
   Alan Ianson to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Binkd and TLS   
   13 Dec 19 15:31:14   
   
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   Hello Wilfred,   
      
    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...   
      
   I'm not absolutely sure of all the implications. I prefer binkps for the same   
   reasons I prefer https.   
      
   I just polled your node over binkps and it seemed to work. :)   
      
    Ttyl :-),   
            Al   
      
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