[Info-vax] DECserver/LAT across DECnet areas?

[Scott Dorsey]

=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>On 7/24/2023 7:53 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Simon Clubley  <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>> On 2023-07-23, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>>>> Andy Burns  <usenet at andyburns.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>>> This is culturally very different than modern systems where everything
>>>>>> is running IP and only what is on top of TCP or UDP is different.
>>>>>
>>>>> We're pretty close to the next stage where everything is running on top
>>>>> of HTTPS, aren't we?
>>>
>>> Good.
>>>
>>>> Please don't remind me.  It's a horrible idea to contemplate, isn't it?
>>>
>>> From a security point of view, it (or something similar) is a really
>>> good idea.
>> 
>> Are you sure about that?  It sure seems like putting all your eggs into
>> one basket to me.
>
>I will assume you are really talking about SSL.

No, I am talking about SSL-over-HTTP.

>Tt is only the TLS protocol itself that is all eggs in one
>basket.

Yes.

>>                    Not to mention the added overhead from all those layers.
>
>Are those layers that bad?
>
>Sure SSL handshake takes time, but that is not due to the layers
>but due to the nature of the key exchange.

The http overhead too of course.
--scott
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