[Operators] [Fwd: Re: Secure Communications Week]

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Forwarding a message sent before I fixed a Mailman restriction...


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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman at csail.mit.edu <mailto:wollman at csail.mit.edu>>
To: XMPP Operators Group <operators at xmpp.org <mailto:operators at xmpp.org>>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:18:11 -0400
Subject: Re: [Operators] Secure Communications Week
<<On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:59:06 -0600, Peter Saint-Andre
<stpeter at stpeter.im <mailto:stpeter at stpeter.im>> said:

  > How about TLS with self-signed certs + server dialback? At least that
  > would give us channel encryption.

That's no better than anonymous TLS (without certificates).

-GAWollman