[liberationtech] Group Thinks Anonymity Should Be Baked Into the Internet Itself

[Pranesh Prakash]

Eugen Leitl [2013-11-29 11:47]:
> The IETF hopes to make such
> encryption the default for a future Web communications standard known as HTTP
> 2.0.

This is shoddy reporting, imho.  There is no IETF consensus on this yet,
as one would know by following the ietf and ietf-http-wg lists.  Many on
those threads have argued vehemently that encryption should be made more
convenient and attractive, and even recommended (SHOULD), but not be
made mandatory (MUST).

Relevant threads:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2013OctDec/0625.html
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg84174.html

Regards,
Pranesh

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