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One of the most popular forms of communication technology to hack is email. No wonder then that a coalition of tech giants is trying to figure out how to ensure more secure communications over email standards. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Comcast, LinkedIn and 1&1 Mail & Media Development & Technology have banded together to create the SMTP Strict Transport Security (SMTP STS) mechanism in order to better encrypt email traffic.
The draft, which has been submitted for consideration as an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard by engineers from those companies, states:
SMTP STS is a mechanism enabling mail service providers to declare their ability to receive TLS-secured connections, to declare particular methods for certificate validation, and to request sending SMTP servers to report upon and/or refuse to deliver messages that cannot be delivered securely.
In short, it would make it easier, simpler, and more efficient for email providers to govern their traffic, attempt to ensure encryption stays up, and enforce policy…
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