Re: Mandatory encryption *is* theater

Le Dim 25 août 2013 22:18, Roberto Peon a écrit :
> We've seen that the network delays bytes on some ports because (we assume)
> of inspecting proxies, even when the data is incomprehensible to the
> proxy.
> If the bytes are merely signed then the bytes are visible and modification
> is still performed-- the modification becomes time-domain, e.g.
> dropping/delaying packets, etc.
>
> In any case, if you're doing the work of signing, why not just encrypt?

Because when the stream is not security-sensitive, it's the difference
between intermediaries wasting resources trying to determine if the
download if safe vie indirect means or passing it up directly

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot

Received on Monday, 26 August 2013 09:03:02 UTC