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kybernetikos
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Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the b...
Is the data encrypted on the wire?
troysk
on Jan 26, 2013
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Files are transferred as blob. Encryption can be dropped in if required. :)
chongli
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Encryption ought to be standard. Making it optional means most people won't use it.
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Encryption without authentication is (mostly) useless, and authentication is application-specific, so mandating encryption would have little effect.
chongli
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I thought the original post was an application.
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Per spec DataChannels should use encryption by default, you must still encrypt all WebSocket or other traffic that goes via your server.
piranna
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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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