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   Michiel van der Vlist to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Binkd and TLS   
   14 Dec 19 00:44:32   
   
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   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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