"Steven M. Bellovin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>While I generally am on board with this, I can see a situation where the >>encryption overhead [and complexity] may be excessive [underpowered mail >>servers administered by beginners] compared to the gains. >> > > The primary use of STARTLS for SMTP is for mail *submission*, not > relaying.
While it may was designed for submission, STARTTLS use in relaying probably transports more mail -- looking at the past month, of the 82000 mail I received close to 11000 was delivered in encrypted streams. 7% is quite nice... I wonder how that compares with the use of OpenPGP or S/MIME in mail. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
