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Title : Opportunistic Security: Some Protection Most of the Time
Author : Viktor Dukhovni
Filename : draft-dukhovni-opportunistic-security-03.txt
Pages : 10
Date : 2014-08-15
Abstract:
This memo introduces the "Opportunistic Security" (OS) protocol
design pattern. Protocol designs based on OS depart from the
established practice of employing cryptographic protection against
both passive and active attacks, or no protection at all. As a
result, with OS at least some cryptographic protection should be
provided most of the time. For example, the majority of Internet
SMTP traffic is now opportunistically encrypted. OS designs remove
barriers to the widespread use of encryption on the Internet. The
actual protection provided by opportunistic security depends on the
advertised security capabilities of the communicating peers.
This document promotes designs in which cryptographic protection
against both passive and active attacks can be rolled out
incrementally as new systems are deployed, without creating barriers
to communication.
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