Tony Finch wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Francisco Olarte Sanz wrote:
>> I think the point made by the original poster is valid, if you use a
>> encrypted unauthenticated connection you cannot just be sniffed, you
>> need to be subject to a MITM or similar attack.
>
> That's so difficult!
Yes, MITM is difficult. Especially compared to the ease of sniffing
unencrypted packets at J Random Internet cafe which any idiot with tcpdump or
Wireshark can do.
This is why I SOCKS tunnel chat protocols. Get my packets safely out of the
LAN and onto the relatively secure Internet.
And now I will hate that there's not ubiquitous IPSec. Even those picking up
IPv6 tend to ignore that part of the protocol.
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