> Its protocol author argues that TLS is just a simple dependency no different than a TCP server module, so it should be trivial to implement in any client or s

> Its protocol author argues that TLS is just a simple dependency no different than a TCP server module, so it should be trivial to implement in any client or server. But if your computer’s CPU is so slow that a modern TLS negotiation would take so long as to be unusable, or its platform doesn’t have a TLS 1.2 library available, that makes it impossible to write a client without depending on an external modern system. This is asking for everybody else to put in the time and effort for you to do the computing equivalent of restoring classic cars. Someone proposing a new Internet protocol in 2021 doesn't need to include compatibility with freaking _System 6_ Macs.