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Re:TurboTLS: TLS connection establishment with 1 less round ... by mananaysiempre on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:38PM (#34794766)
Not sure about real-world statistics, but the current IETF position is that SMTP STARTTLS for mail submission (not transport) is to be phased out in favour of “implicit” SMTP-over-TLS with no cleartext portion, due in part to the former being an implementation minefield[1].

[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8314#appendix-A

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Re:TurboTLS: TLS connection establishment with 1 less round ... by fomine3 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @08:53PM (#34799050)
Recent submission https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34736416
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