Re: Mandatory encryption *is* theater

On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:52:38PM -0400, Michael Sweet wrote:
> This was already done: RFC 2817

Indeed.

> (and FWIW this is fairly widely implemented for printing - CUPS has supported
> it for a very long time and many printers support it today)

I didn't know. Anyway, the whole idea is to allow the server to reject
the request and let the user know and decide. In my opinion it's more
of a browser design issue than a protocol one.

Willy

Received on Monday, 26 August 2013 05:11:31 UTC