[7707] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Comcast@Home bans VPNs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Karn)
Thu Aug 24 18:05:03 2000
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:26:08 -0700
Message-Id: <200008241726.KAA31343@homer.ka9q.ampr.org>
From: Phil Karn <karn@ka9q.ampr.org>
To: pcw2@flyzone.com
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-reply-to: <p0432040bb5c705deab90@[10.0.1.21]> (message from Peter Wayner on
Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:15:58 -0400)
Reply-To: karn@ka9q.ampr.org
>Is making an SSL connection creating a VPN? It's really not much
>different in an abstract sense. Most applications are using browsers
I've been saying for some time that we need a IP-over-SSL tunneling
protocol standard. ISPs would *never* dare block TCP port 443, since
as we all know the only important Internet application is to let
people buy stuff online...
*Great* essay in today's NYT, by the way.
Phil
