Re: A couple of questions and concerns about Emacs network security

[Perry E. Metzger]

On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 19:46:49 -0400 Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
wrote:
>   > What exactly is the inconvenience you anticipate if an Emacs
>   > IMAP user connecting to google rejects a certificate that isn't
>   > vouched for by the CT mechanism? Can you explain _precisely_
>   > why you insist that it is necessary to have different defaults
>   > than everyone else uses?  
> 
> Here is an idea.  Let's implement the browser-like security in
> master as an option disabled by default.  Then Eli and others can
> try it out for a few weeks and report each inconvenience.
> 
> Then we will see how much, or how little, inconvenience results from
> this mode of operation.

This is an excellent suggestion.

Perry
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Perry E. Metzger                address@hidden