BBC 'vague' reporting again!

Brian Morrison ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:12:38 +0000


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On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:41:10 +0000
Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> >and if there were any use of TLS, not even get them current
> >traffic without having to demand the TLS keypair from the ISP (and not
> >even then, if PFS modes are in use) =20
>=20
> In theory I can exchange email with my office (aka home) on an ssh=20
> tunnel and therefore have no ISP servers, or external unencrypted=20
> traffic, involved at all. But it's all a bit too fiddly.

It is? Surely it just happens automagically with very little
configuration by simply ticking SSL and TLS modes in all the software
that has them?

--=20

Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

   "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud;
    after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it."
   =20
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