Why doesn't the gbatemp irc have SSL? Because if it did it would help a lot without any effort on my behalf.
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I would beg to differ and i know 100% it doesBlood Fetish said:I am pretty sure the IRC protocol does not support Transport Layer Security.
Self sign your own certs and don't spend a centRydian said:Why does it need SSL? Certs cost money.
What benefit would it give the Temp's IRC (which isn't even used by a majority of forum-goers) that would make up for the money spent on it?
Those sort of defeat the point of SSL in the first place.Blood Fetish said:reate a self-signed certificate at no cost.
So no one can eavesdrop or tamper with anything your doing, for extra security.Rydian said:*Snip*
Now, WHY does it need SSL? That's just more stuff to deal with, even if you do decide to self-sign (for example the IRC client needs to support it, and the server might need modifying or upgdating as well). What's the benefit in exchange for the hassle?
Revocation is one of the functions of PKI, but certainly not the only one. The primary function of SSL/TLS/SSH is confidentiality.Rydian said:Those sort of defeat the point of SSL in the first place.Blood Fetish said:reate a self-signed certificate at no cost.
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2459.txt
Section 3.3, Revocation.
If the key is compromised, the CA can just revoke it... but if it's self-signed there's not a CA involved watching from "higher up" in the security chain, so if the key's compromised then data can be injected and falsified while everybody thinks it's still safe and secure and is trusting it.
What the fuck goes on in GBATemp's IRC where you feel the need for point-to-point encryption? :\gutman5000 said:So no one can eavesdrop or tamper with anything your doing, for extra security.