On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 08:22:17PM -0400, Preston Crow wrote: > Would it make sense to encrypt the connection between the client and > the server? I'm particularly concerned about the sending of > passwords in plaintext, as they're probably the same as other user > passwords in most cases. >
Its just a gaim. Don't use your banking password > It would be fairly simple to wrap the server side with stunnel, but > without built-in client support, this wouldn't do any good. > > I've never used openssl or similar libraries, but that would seem > like the right approach. I doubt that the added overhead would > cause latency or cpu load issues. > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > crossfire@metalforge.org > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
