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Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request]
From: valdis.kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:07:43 -0500
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 09:45:12 +0530, Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan said:
But I still want the future of email to adopt Implicit TLS. So someday we can kill Opportunistic TLS. I already lost the case for security. So my smtps part of the proposal not gonna fly. I'm just here to learn whether Implicit TLS can offer anything better than Opportunistic TLS that's worth wasting a port.
Well, the summary on the ietf-smtp list was that the new port doesn't actually buy you anything unless you have DANE, and once you have DANE, the new port doesn't add anything. The conclusion is that we should be deploying DANE more rather than burning a port. Not sure why you expect to hear much differently from NANOG.
Current thread:
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request], (continued)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] William Herrin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] William Herrin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] William Herrin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Brandon Martin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] valdis . kletnieks (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] valdis . kletnieks (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Töma Gavrichenkov (Jan 12)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 12)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] William Herrin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Robert Blayzor (Jan 14)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Viruthagiri Thirumavalavan (Jan 14)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Constantine A. Murenin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Constantine A. Murenin (Jan 11)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Tom Beecher (Jan 14)
- Re: SMTP Over TLS on Port 26 - Implicit TLS Proposal [Feedback Request] Constantine A. Murenin (Jan 11)