RE: WG Review: Open Pluggable Edge Services (opes)

[Vernon Schryver <vjs at calcite.rhyolite.com>]

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> From: Daniel Senie <dts at SENIE.COM>

> ...
> I think OPES will further the sale of SSL accelerator boxes and web 
> certificates. If the only way to protect content from uninvited third-party 
> intermediaries, then content which is not otherwise confidential is going 
> to be encrypted.
> ...

That sounds like a good thing, or at least better than the status quo.


If only to set a good example for the world, could somebody please
arrange to have the IETF mailing lists, starting with this one, create
and publish its own certificate()s and notice and use STARTTLS?

Yes, that would probably require installing a newer version of
sendmail than 8.9.1, but that seems like a good idea for other reasons.


Vernon Schryver    vjs at rhyolite.com