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   Wilfred van Velzen to Oli   
   Re: Binkd and TLS   
   14 Dec 19 11:10:23   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5df4b55c   
   REPLY: 2:280/464.47@fidonet 5df48ee5   
   Hi Oli,   
      
   On 2019-12-14 08:24:49, 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.   
      
    Ol> Of course you can. Encrypted data transmission over TCP/TLS. Content can   
   be   
    Ol> anything.   
      
   I meant http (not https) which isn't encrypted vs binkp which is!   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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