* Thomas Walter via mailop:

> Their conclusion is that all vulnerabilities rely on the transition of
> an insecure connection to a secure connection.

No surprise there.

> While it does not seem to be an urgent issue, it might help if we'd
> get people to switch to implicit TLS where possible…

I know of one large organisation which supports authentication over
unencrypted channels for the purpose of mail submission. In 2021, this
may seem like a terrible joke, but is apparently a deliberate choice
(with which I strongly disagree but am in no position to affect). In
that particular instance, STARTTLS vulnerabilities hardly seem like a
reason for immediate concern.

-Ralph
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