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Re: STARTTLS for erc
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: STARTTLS for erc |
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:25:54 +0200 |
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Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> 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.
You can require that STARTTLS is used, and fail if it's not offered.
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