Nixpkgs: tcpcryptd should be enabled by default for security.

Created on 1 Sep 2016  路  3Comments  路  Source: NixOS/nixpkgs

So, as part of the hardening process of NixOS, I think tcpcryptd should be enabled by default - it encrypts TCP connections if it's talking to another tcpcryptd-enabled server, otherwise it falls back to standard TCP connections.

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I think tcpcryptd is a fantastic idea in principle but I'm -1 on enable-by-default. IMHO daemons that rewrite network traffic to that extend should be opt-in (principle of least surprise).

On top of that I'm not convinced that exposing another daemon written in c to the Internet is a great idea :)

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I think tcpcryptd is a fantastic idea in principle but I'm -1 on enable-by-default. IMHO daemons that rewrite network traffic to that extend should be opt-in (principle of least surprise).

On top of that I'm not convinced that exposing another daemon written in c to the Internet is a great idea :)

Can we close this? Seems to be majority-against.

I don't see this getting general support and it is easy enough to enable, with e.g. nixops especially for multiple machines.

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