[zeromq-dev] Encryption in ZeroMQ

[Martin Sustrik]

Hi Wladimir,

There is a lengthy encryption-related thread going on on the mailing 
list under topic of "EncryptedSocket added to pyzmq in branch" (last 
post is from yesterday). You may want to check it out.

Martin

On 11/06/2010 11:11 AM, Wladimir van der Laan wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> First to say I'm really excited by ZeroMQ and can't wait to start 
> using it for some project. Moving the handling of parallelism into the 
> messaging library is really brilliant.
>
> Secondly, I know this topic has been in this mailing list a few times 
> already, but I cannot help but mention it again. Especially with the 
> advent of wireless and shared clouds it has become so easy to sniff 
> unencrypted internet protocols. And with the firesheep hype, sniffing 
> has become mainstream.
>
> When you advertise as the next-generation internet protocol I feel 
> that encryption should be part of it. It should be part of the fabric 
> of the internet. And if the application has to explicitly worry about 
> encryption, message replay, and so on it kind of poops the party of 
> 'easy to use instant awesomeness' :)
>
> I know about VPN, IPSEC, but all of these are kind-of bolted on 
> solutions and are very hard to use if you won't fully control all the 
> servers and clients.
>
> Anyway, I just felt like venting my opinion on this. I'm pretty sure 
> encryption is already high on your priority list.
>
> Keep up the good work with ZeroMQ!
>
> Greetings,
> Wladimir
>
>
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