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Ditching mandatory TLS

solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG

Sat Jul 4 22:24:03 BST 2020

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:12:17PM -0400, Sean Conner wrote:

I won't argue that TLS is a bad choice, but before throwing out
alternatives like yggdrasil, cjdns or noise, instead *just implement the
damn thing* [1][2]---write both a Gemini server and client (for bonus
points---implement ALL THE ENCRYPTIONS!) so the rest of us can see how easy
it is, and *then* we can have an actual discussion about transitioning away
from TLS (or including other mechanisms).

I don't really know much about cjdns or noise, but Yggdrasil just lookslike an ordinary IPv6 tunnel and requires nothing special from software.There is actually already at least one Gemini server on the publicYggdrasil network. The admin is also an AV-98 user and I assume he'susing it without any modification. I plan to experiment with thismyself, someday...

Cheers,Solderpunk