Nottingham: Internet protocols are changing

Posted Dec 14, 2017 19:59 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Nottingham: Internet protocols are changing by Wol
Parent article: Nottingham: Internet protocols are changing

Are you sure that you want the public internet to route your unencrypted SMTP traffic (and presumably IMAP etc)? Because, as described, that sounds like a mistake.

It's easy enough to set up a VPN!

Nottingham: Internet protocols are changing

Posted Dec 15, 2017 9:43 UTC (Fri) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Who cares? It's not your problem/decision what I do.

Okay, my mail server should be configured for end-to-end encryption, BUT THAT'S MY DECISION NOT YOURS. And if all the ISPs did was to route traffic, they would neither know nor care.

Saying "it's easy enough to set up a VPN", what, with somebody in Oz I hardly know, to send maybe a couple of emails a month? Whatever for?

If the ISPs merely route packets, then I have control of the borders of my network. If I want to encrypt everything then that's my choice. If I DON'T want to encrypt everything that's my choice. If every protocol DEFAULTS to encrypted, then I can over-ride it if I want. The point is, I CHOOSE.

The problem at present, is that I cannot assume that *legal* packets will make their way across the internet from my private network to someone else's private network, without the "postal" service snooping and throwing away stuff it happens to take a dislike to.

Cheers,
Wol