Opportunistic Security: some protection most of the time
About time. There has been too few encryption so far because they always wanted to get it right instead of at least providing some basic security first. That's the reason why there's still to much unencrypted internet traffic today.
Hopefully we will soon see a basic encryption layer in most places that can be improved by an authentication layer in a second step.
This memo defines the term "opportunistic security". In contrast to
the established approach of delivering strong protection some of the
time, opportunistic security strives to deliver at least some
protection most of the time. The primary goal is therefore broad
interoperability, with security policy tailored to the capabilities
of peer systems.
About time. There has been too few encryption so far because they always wanted to get it right instead of at least providing some basic security first. That's the reason why there's still to much unencrypted internet traffic today.
Hopefully we will soon see a basic encryption layer in most places that can be improved by an authentication layer in a second step.