From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A couple of questions and concerns about Emacs network security Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 18:23:42 +0300 Message-ID: <8336wtiwe9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <837empvgz5.fsf@gnu.org> <836029vgbz.fsf@gnu.org> <83a7r3jrlp.fsf@gnu.org> <87d0vxomga.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <837em5ixsk.fsf@gnu.org> <87tvp9n4wa.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1531063303 13169 195.159.176.226 (8 Jul 2018 15:21:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 15:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, wyuenho@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 08 17:21:38 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fcBVK-0003Ij-FM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2018 17:21:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37321 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fcBXR-0005hf-D2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:23:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55396) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fcBXI-0005hU-92 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:23:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fcBXE-0001XW-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:23:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38336) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fcBXE-0001XM-9I; Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:23:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4961 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fcBXD-0000Pw-NZ; Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:23:36 -0400 In-reply-to: <87tvp9n4wa.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun, 08 Jul 2018 17:06:29 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:227111 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, wyuenho@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2018 17:06:29 +0200 > > > +This variable can be useful for modifying low-level TLS > > +connection parameters (for instance if you need to connect to a > > +host that only accepts a specific algorithm), but general Emacs > > +network security is handled by the Network Security Manager. > > > > The "but" part confuses me: did you mean "however", perhaps? That is, > > did you mean to say that the default is nil so that the NSM could do > > its job under user control? > > Yup. OK, I clarified that. Thanks.