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I'm no expert but it's most likely that like FTP, SMTP was NOT designed for the internet. It was designed for LANs or MANs. Security was not one of the core fe
by atmosx 12y ago
I'm no expert but it's most likely that like FTP, SMTP was NOT designed for the internet. It was designed for LANs or MANs.
Security was not one of the core features. Same goes with many old protocols... But that's expected the drama is when new protocols are designed with the same flaws.
- josho 12y agoYup, I get that. Same can be said of http--so we solved that problem and created https. I just don't get why folks like IBM, Microsoft, et al never bothered to push secure email standards. I'm surprised their customers never pushed them to do it. SMTP with starttls is not secure because as an end user I have no idea if my mail is getting sent securely.
- throwawayaway 12y agoYou have to go back to the export controls thing in the nineties to understand that: http://www.ussrback.com/crypto/nsa/lotus.notes.nsa.backdoor.txt http://www.ussrback.com/crypto/nsa/lotus.notes.nsa.backdoor....