[gopher] Re: RFC drafts

[Alessandro Selli <dhatarattha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Mahan wrote:
> or SSH-2?  Kinda like SFTP works

   My /etc/services file tells me sftp uses port 115 tcp/udp.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gopher-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gopher-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Alessandro Selli
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:09 AM
> To: gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gopher] Re: RFC drafts
>
> Benn Newman wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 11:21:01AM -0400, Trevor wrote:
>>
>>> this intrigues me.
>>>
>>> (sorry i don't look familiar. been lurking the last couple of years.)
>>>
>>> one downfall, i feel, with gopher is it is clear text. has anyone thought
>
>>> about, besides me, an sGopher protocol? i think gopher would get more 
>>> mainstream use if it had security built into it. many companies refuse to
>
>>> use anything that sends clear text over a wire. just a thought.
>>>     
>> Gopher over SSL/TLS (from my understanding) is easy and already possible.
>> You can use something like stunnel (on the server) and socat (on the
> client)
>>
>   I agree.  Only, you will have to use a non-standard port where the 
> SSL-gopher server
> will listen to, since there is no IANA-assigned "gophers" port like 
> there is a "https" port
> (443 tcp).
>
>

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