Ditching mandatory TLS

[Sean Conner]

It was thus said that the Great solderpunk once stated:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:12:17PM -0400, Sean Conner wrote:
>  
> >   I won't argue that TLS is a bad choice, but before throwing out
> > alternatives like yggdrasil, cjdns or noise, instead *just implement the
> > damn thing* [1][2]---write both a Gemini server and client (for bonus
> > points---implement ALL THE ENCRYPTIONS!) so the rest of us can see how easy
> > it is, and *then* we can have an actual discussion about transitioning away
> > from TLS (or including other mechanisms).
> 
> I don't really know much about cjdns or noise, but Yggdrasil just looks
> like an ordinary IPv6 tunnel and requires nothing special from software.

  If that's the case for Yggdrasil, then you are *still* using TLS over it
(and it's not a replacement for TLS).

  -spc