Hello,
At 12:21 PM 30-10-2024, Dave Crocker wrote:
On 10/30/2024 10:02 AM, Rob Sayre wrote:
I think the WG could agree to briefly describe STARTTLS and get on with it.
The protocol SMTP provides no facilities for privacy or security.
And the nature of the task it does does not inherently require any.
So, it will function just fine without either.
That is, nothing about privacy or security for SMTP, the protocol,
requires a MUST. Or even a Should.
It does support extensions that can be announced and might provide
privacy or security enhancements. But these are not part of SMTP, per se.
I agree with the above.
I looked up what printers do [1] and I ended up with STD 72. RFC
8314 updated RFC 6409 (STD 72) and it discussed "cleartext".
For what it is worth, a Standard takes precedence over an
Applicability Statement.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
1. It was discussed somewhere in the thread.
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