> From: Ted Zlatanov <t...@lifelogs.com> > Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:46:17 -0500 > Cc: help-emacs-windows@gnu.org > > DA> 1. According to Eli, "It's an email authentication package." Which would > mean > DA> that it is needed only by people who use Emacs for email. > > DA> At a minimum, that should be pointed out in the brief description that > needs to > DA> accompany this "special treatment". > > DA> And that's the case wherever we choose to describe GnuTLS. (And it > should be > DA> described in the README, irregardless of whether it is described in the > DA> announcement.) > > GnuTLS provides SSL and TLS encryption for any network connection, hence > "secure networking" in my earlier message. It can encrypt e-mail > protocols like IMAP and SMTP but does not deal with e-mail messages.
What other features in Emacs use TLS as of this writing? I thought only email protocols do, which is why I described GnuTLS as I did. If other protocols we have can be secured by GnuTLS, there seems to be a gap in our documentation, because I couldn't find any place where that is mentioned, except in relation to SMTP and the likes.
