Re: How does stunnel work?

From: Jeffrey Wang (JWang_NOMAIL_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 06/15/03 

Date: 15 Jun 2003 05:27:23 GMT

on 14 Jun 2003, roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson)
wrote in news:bcgc8r$t7e$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca:

<snip for brevity>

Thanks for your reply. So, iow, if you don't have a direct ssl or
other encrypted session with the remote server, then your isp can
log your passwords, etc., correct? I guess the only way to remain
anon and encrypted point to point is to use remailers. Great. I
know how fun that is.

>
>:If anyone can explain how it works, please do. If anyone is
>:using this with Win9x, please let me know what special
>:considerations there are in installation and use.
>
> Anything that will talk stunnel to you isn't a "regular server".
>
> If the destination system doesn't handle encryption itself, and
> the destination system isn't on a network that you can create a
> VPN to, then the data is going to have to be transmitted in the
> clear to -somewhere-. The best you can do is use one of the
> encrypting proxies: that will transmit the data in the clear
> to the proxie, and then from the proxie to you would be
> encrypted [so it wouldn't be sniffable at -your- end.]
>
> Hushmail is -one- company that offers encrypted browsing.
>

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