On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:26 AM, IAB Chair <iab-chair@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Please find this statement issued by the IAB today. > > On behalf of the IAB, > Russ Housley > IAB Chair > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > IAB Statement on Internet Confidentiality .... > We recommend that encryption be deployed throughout the protocol stack > since there is not a single place within the stack where all kinds of > communication can be protected. ... Just to call attention to the fact that this is a departure from what was IETF practice in the past. All those arguments about whether to do STARTTLS or S/MIME are obsolete, we need both.