After Action Report of the First Crypto War

[Shawn K. Quinn]

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 at rushpost.com>
http://www.rantroulette.com
http://www.skqrecordquest.com

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