Re: https at ietf.org

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Thu, 07 November 2013 05:42 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
Subject: Re: https at ietf.org
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On Nov 6, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
> If that were the problem we are addressing, the best answer would involve RFC 6920.

No, that's not what I want, although it is a neat hack.

> For privacy, though, STASI*) should not be able to find out that I’m retrieving RFC 1984 so that they can't identify me as a long-haired bomb-throwing leftist (or whatever retrieving RFC 1984 makes you in their minds).

If you want encryption, definitely you should be able to get it, and indeed with ietf.org, you can.