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Re:Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the browser by chongli on Saturday January 26, 2013 @06:16AM (#5120066)
Encryption ought to be standard. Making it optional means most people won't use it.
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Re:Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the browser by icebraining on Saturday January 26, 2013 @11:08AM (#5120696)
Encryption without authentication is (mostly) useless, and authentication is application-specific, so mandating encryption would have little effect.
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Re:Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the browser by chongli on Saturday January 26, 2013 @11:17AM (#5120730)
I thought the original post was an application.
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Re:Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the browser by 0x006A on Saturday January 26, 2013 @07:06AM (#5120152)
Per spec DataChannels should use encryption by default, you must still encrypt all WebSocket or other traffic that goes via your server.
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Re:Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the browser by piranna on Saturday January 26, 2013 @03:09PM (#5121576)
You are true. DataChannels are encripted by spec, and WebSockets are also being cyphered. I've taken security and anonimity as far as I could (I'm not a security nor frontend guy... :-P )
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