2 Mar
2017
2 Mar
'17
3:50 p.m.
On 03/01/2017 11:27 AM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
Everyone has celebrated the lack of encryption as a victory?
I disagree. Plain HTTP is being eschewed and HTTPS is now considered "table stakes" to put up a website. Telnet is effectively dead; SSH is the preferred method to log into a remote server. This was not the case in the Clipper chip era. Plaintext (non-SSL/TLS) SMTP, POP3, and IMAP are effectively dead. Yes, quite a bit of stuff isn't encrypted yet, but it is obvious to me we are headed for a world where the majority of traffic is encrypted and plaintext is the exception not the rule. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com> http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com