On March 6, 2014 11:19:25 AM EST, jack <[email protected]> wrote: [ ... ] > Also Seth, the reason why I mentioned HTTPS as an example above is because > its very similar to SSL/TLS since it is basically HTTP transported through > SSL/TLS which is the most basic stuff I can understand. The articles > explaining the security of it was used as a starting point since I couldn't > readily find any articles explaining the importance of using SSL/TLS in non > secure open areas prone to packet sniffing.
Pedantry: SSL/TLS is an encrypted transport layer, run over TCP, and used by HTTPS, SMTP, IMAPS, and maybe POP to encrypt an otherwise plaintext conversation. The conversation above is unchanged, but the bits on the wire/radio are encrypted and decrypted by this layer. The layering is intended to be clearly separated and should be thought of that way. Dennis Sent from my Nexus 7 with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
