From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs core TLS support Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:41 -0500 Message-ID: <87r5ptpnz2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <878wc1vfh3.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263426836 25835 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2010 23:53:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:53:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 00:53:48 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NVD24-0006AW-AD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:53:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60809 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVD25-0001Rz-3j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:53:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCvJ-0006eW-SF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCvF-0006d2-1s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55211 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCvE-0006cz-Uu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.104]:41435) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVCvE-0006Ly-1Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014123.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0DNkfbZ018313 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:46:41 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B20FBC05D; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:46:41 -0700 (MST) In-Reply-To: <878wc1vfh3.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:53:44 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119942 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > Is there any chance Emacs can offer core support for TLS-encrypted > network connections? I have no idea what's involved, I'm just checking > on the possibility. What's the advantage of offering core support over using gnutls-cli (like starttls.el does)?