On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 4:13 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
Sadly, it's just falling on deaf ears. Silicon Valley will continue to think they know better than everyone else and people outside of that bubble will continue to be disadvantaged.
Hi Mike, When the U.S. Government wants to encrypt classified information for transmission over an unclassified channel (such as the Internet) one of the interesting things the encryptor does is send data at a constant rate. If there isn't enough data to fill the channel, the encryptor pads its transmission with random bytes. If there's more data than the constant rate, it's queued and sent at a constant rate, even if the channel could handle more. Even over the internet where variable rate transmissions are the norm. This increases the _depth of defense_ against an adversary. Not only does the adversary have to figure out what you're saying, he has to figure out when and whether you're speaking at all. Depth of Defense. Remember that phrase; you'll hear it over and over again when security experts speak. Encrypting everything (not just information you consider private) also increases the depth of your defense against an adversary attempting to capture your secrets. An adversary must not only break or subvert your encryption, he must also figure out which if any of your communications are sensitive and which are banal. Depth of Defense. One of the linchpin concepts in effective security. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>