No more Mister Nice Google, it's all going to be random noise from here on out.
-- rec -- On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]>wrote: > On 11/6/13, 5:30 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > I think the inter-mail-server hops are encrypted, or I certainly hope > so! And the clients all support encryption or alternatively use https > web-apps. > > Some providers use more lighter protocols like LMTPA (Local Mail Transfer > Protocol) for internal transfers. The idea being that if the mail doesn't > hit the internet then the physical security of the ISP is sufficient, even > though the ISP switches over to TLS security for the delivery once the data > is headed for the internet. And Google does the latter. But for Google > their internal network is world spanning, and delegated off to other > companies fiber infrastructure. Question is, does Google have a fastpath > for gmail-to-gmail deliveries that does not use any encryption? According > to the leaked slides, the NSA was busy deconstructing the Google and Yahoo > internal protocols, so they must have thought it would be profitable. (And > Google engineers say that the slides indeed reveal proprietary information.) > > Marcus > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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