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>>>>> "Francis" == Francis Dupont <Francis.Dupont@enst-bretagne.fr> writes:
mcr> The "nicest" solution that I can see is for the ISPs to
mcr> transparently proxy port 25 to their MTA. They should offer
mcr> STARTTLS.
Francis> => I don't understand the word "transparently" here (:-). If one
Francis> of my ISPs does such things, I'll sue it immediately: we have
Francis> laws in France to protect the secrecy of private mails. I'll be
Francis> surprised if there is none in USA.
"transparently" means that it splices itself into the TCP connection,
creating a new connection to your intended destination.
cf: transparent HTTP proxies, and alg firewalls such as Janus (Borderware),
Blackhole (SecureIt), and Eagle (Axent).
I'm not in the USA, so I can't speak about it.
I think that legislating that email is private doesn't help make it so.
Deploying PGP or S/MIME widely, and educating people about its use would be
more effective.
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] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[
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