Subj : Re: Binkd and TLS
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Dec 14 2019 12:57 am

Hi Alan,

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. 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...

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

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

AI> I just polled your node over binkps and it seemed to work. :)

Thanks for testing! ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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