[afnog] privacy vs caching

[Loganaden Velvindron]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> caching is very difficult with end-to-end encryption as the cache does
> not have the private keys of the server.  the ietf is in a bit of a
> muddle on this.  should one allow middle-boxes to break the encryption
> and fake it?

Hi Randy.

I think that it's a very bad idea to allow middle-boxes to break the encryption.

>
> so which is more important to you and your customers (think consumers,
> banks, news sites, ...), end-to-end encryption to ensure privacy, or
> caching to reduce bandwidth consumption and improve latency?
>

It depends on the kind of customer. Personally, I believe that having
working security is better, and I can afford a few seconds more in
terms of latency.



> randy
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