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Re: [Tcpcrypt] Initial questions

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Tue, 24 June 2014 20:31 UTC

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On 6/24/2014 1:22 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:
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> Anyway, this is an opportunistic encryption protocol which blocks
> easy wholesale monitoring.

Of content. Nothing in the charter ensures protection of the meta 
information (endpoints addrs or ports), nor is traffic confidentiality 
required.

Joe

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