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|    Oli to Wilfred van Velzen    |
|    Binkd and TLS    |
|    14 Dec 19 08:24:49    |
      REPLY: 2:280/464 5df42588       MSGID: 2:280/464.47@fidonet 5df48ee5       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707       CHRS: UTF-8 4       TZUTC: 0100       TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7        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.                      * Origin: kakistocracy (2:280/464.47)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/101 200       SEEN-BY: 229/354 426 1014 240/5832 249/307 317 280/464 5003 5555 292/854       SEEN-BY: 310/31 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 280/464 229/426           |
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