Re: STARTTLS for erc

[Stefan Monnier]

>> A protocol where sending a password is "necessary" is basically
>> incompatible with STARTTLS anyway (otherwise, it's trivial to force the
>> password to be sent in the clear).
> I don't quite follow you.  With pop3, for instance, a password is
> necessary, and STARTTLS works perfectly fine for pop3...

IIUC STARTTLS refers to "opportunistic encryption", which I find
incompatible with passwords since the opportunistic part means that if
the opportunity is absent, you end up sending passwords in the clear.
But maybe you had something else in mind for STARTTLS.


        Stefan