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Comment by 🍭 jmjl

Re: "gopher over TLS (gophers) support"

In: s/Lagrange-Issues

Is there some kind of standarized dns record?

🍭 jmjl [OP]

Oct 11 · 2 months ago

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🦂 zzo38 · Oct 12 at 04:23:

I do not know of any kind of standardized DNS record for such a purpose. (Such a DNS record, if it is made, could be useful for purposes other than Gopher, too. It could be used to specify availability (and version, and possibly other details) of TLS with any protocol that supports it.)

🍭 jmjl [OP] · Oct 12 at 16:24:

Wouldn't that be checking the presence of a TLSA record?

Also, note that I've detected some clients will try to do tls when you specify gophers:// and prompt you if you want to do it without tls and fallback to non-tls.

🦂 zzo38 · Oct 12 at 21:02:

I looked up TLSA record, and I believe that will work. (A browser could have an option, to use TLS for links between Gopher servers according to TLSA records.)

🍭 jmjl [OP] · Oct 16 at 15:31:

I found this whilst browsing gopher:

— Article talking about Secure Gopher

— Proposal about gophers://

Original Post

🌒 s/Lagrange-Issues

I've noticed there's no support for gopher over TLS, so I think it's a good idea to make a issue here for it to be supported. I've been told it's just the same protocol with a layer of TLS on top.

💬 jmjl · 8 comments · Mar 02 · 10 months ago · #feature #gopher