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Re: [ietf-privacy] "Opportunistic encryption" and a need for a definition

Dean Willis <dean.willis@softarmor.com> Tue, 19 November 2013 22:20 UTC

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From: Dean Willis <dean.willis@softarmor.com>
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Subject: Re: [ietf-privacy] "Opportunistic encryption" and a need for a definition
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On Nov 19, 2013, at 4:24 AM, Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> OE may have other very valid uses besides pervasive surveillance,
> depending on its definition.  One of the problems that has beguiled home
> networking people is how to establish a trust between devices in the
> home.  There are similar cases for home access beyond the home, where
> trust needn't be anchored by an X.509 cert but perhaps by local
> attestation of some form.  Are these use cases OE or is that not OE?


Not OE. That’s more like low-configuration-overhead authentication.

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Dean

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