[49374] in Cypherpunks
Re: "PGP-Scape"? (was Re: Our "New Order")
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Tue Feb 6 17:20:49 1996
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 14:09:10 -0800
From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Deranged Mutant wrote:
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>
> cp@proust.suba.com (Alex Strasheim) wrote:
> >> There's also less worry about secure transactions, since if
> >> everything's encrypted it's harder to tell if a transaction is taking
> >> place, viewing porno or subversive or religious, literature, or if
> >> you're just reading something mundane.
> >
> >I think I must be missing something here. Aren't you describing an SSL
> >web server? Different algorithms, but basically the same idea?
>
> No. SSL doesn't encrypt everything, just certain transactions (or am I
> wrong about this?) Something that keeps everything encrypted and
> anonymous.
SSL encrypts everything passed over the connection. When running HTTP
over SSL that includes the URL being accessed, username and password for
HTTP auth, and cookies.
> >Netscape 2.0 is out for real -- everyone can now pick their certs. GAK
> >just got harder.
>
> As opposed to the imaginary beta?
The beta will expire in a few months. The final release will not expire.
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
