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Do people create new, open protocols anymore? I feel that if someone decided to tackle the "email is insecure" problem, we'd end up watching a video on Kicksta
by gnuvince 13y ago
Do people create new, open protocols anymore? I feel that if someone decided to tackle the "email is insecure" problem, we'd end up watching a video on Kickstarter about how cool their new Ruby on Rails SaaS is.
- JshWright 13y agoZRTP is a is still a 'new' protocol in my book. OTR is only slightly older.
- zdw 13y agoHTTP is probably the most recent "internet spanning" protocol that has wide use. You could probably make an argument for XMPP (jabber) as well. The message passing libraries like 0mq and similar could probably be viewed like this. More important than protocols are the data interchange formats that they leave behind. SMTP envelopes are particularly horrible to parse. I'd like something newer, but I think it would lead to feature-itis that has given us abominations like base64 encoded MIME attachments (seriously, what system isn't 8-bit clean in 2013?) , HTML mail (used mainly for spam), return receipts (aka "automated privacy violation"), etc.
- rdl 13y agoBitcoin? SPDY?
- nileshtrivedi 13y ago> Do people create new, open protocols anymore? https://tent.io/ https://tent.io/