Re: https at ietf.org

[Dave Cridland <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Ned Freed <ned.freed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Allowing HTTPS, on the other hand, does not. Unfortunately, because of the
> nature of HTTP/HTTPS, we cannot perform opportunistic encryption in the
> same way as with the mail and XMPP services we use.

Perhaps that is a problem that deserves further attention.

It would mean getting UA and server support for RFC 2817, though.

Dave.