Alternative transports, philosophy [was: Gemini server logging formats and practices]

[Bob Mottram]

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 01:27:55PM -0700, Dave Huseby wrote:
>Why shouldn't Gemini avoid relying on centralized solutions such as TLS and the CA system? If the stated goal of Gemini is to be better than the web, why make the same mistakes as the web? If the stated goal is to just keep the code simple, fine, but why TLS then, CurveCP is simpler?


afaik Gemini doesn't use the CA system. It's just TOFU.

If it does use CAs then this should be considered a design fault.

Avoid anything centralized. The future will thank us for it.