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True, but wasn't email transmitted unencrypted over the wire back then? That seems like a pretty big leap to call secure even when adjusting for the technology
by Shared404 4y ago
True, but wasn't email transmitted unencrypted over the wire back then? That seems like a pretty big leap to call secure even when adjusting for the technology available to attackers at that time.
- fipar 4y agoIt was transmitted unencrypted, along with traffic for many other protocols. I have not read the article, but the 1993 note implies this was a time when rsh, telnet, and ftp were still in common use. I don't disagree with you that it's a big leap to call it secure, but my point is I reckon he was not alone making that leap back then.
- doctor_eval 4y agoNo, nobody thought email was secure at the time, that statement stood out to me as well. It’s just an example of marketing bullshit, as is the whole article.
- kragen 4y agoyes, and the sender was entirely unauthenticated, bgp was and is entirely unauthenticated, and dns was entirely unauthenticated