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How is ESNI any worse than non-encrypted SNI in that regard? If plain SNI was sufficient, then there's no incentive to do anything new, and no difference. If yo
by rhn_mk1 5y ago
How is ESNI any worse than non-encrypted SNI in that regard? If plain SNI was sufficient, then there's no incentive to do anything new, and no difference. If you need to hide, then at least with ESNI, you can operate at all, even if behind one of a few providers (net positive).
- dmw_ng 5y agoPlain SNI did not predicate the existence of megaproviders, in that respect it is better in every way. I don't want to agonize specifics, just to note that when you have the sponsors of a standard being the same folk who stand to benefit the most from it, always call bullshit. This was transparent in the case of ESNI