> it has nothing to do with this situation in particular. Please read the parent's question, asking why it would be necessary to encrypt when using SSL/TLS. I

> it has nothing to do with this situation in particular. Please read the parent's question, asking why it would be necessary to encrypt when using SSL/TLS. I explain why, and yes I do go a little bit further to more general cases, because I am assuming that if they don't understand the need to encrypt in this specific case they could benefit, and hopefully appreciate, to understand the more general cases as well.