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Answer by mcgyver5 for Why would someone want to encrypt RSS feeds?
Encryption may not be the reason that the certificate is being used. The SSL/TLS technology also provides authenticity (proving that the source of the feed is who it says it is) RSS feeds are used for...
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Because some people use RSS to publish something for a specific population, sometimes for payment.If you use a GPG key to encrypt a rss, and just your clients have that key or sub-key, you can use the...
View ArticleAnswer by MCW for Why would someone want to encrypt RSS feeds?
To my mind the predominant value of PKI RSS encryption would be for authentication rather than confidentiality. But what if I wanted to build a set of RSS feeds that matches my stock portfolio - I need...
View ArticleAnswer by Thomas Pornin for Why would someone want to encrypt RSS feeds?
Encryption is for confidentiality: this is to prevent just anybody to access the data. This needs to be coupled with authentication, which is about identifying people who should be able to access the...
View ArticleAnswer by Callum Wilson for Why would someone want to encrypt RSS feeds?
Given that RSS feeds are simply summarised web pages then the requirement to encrypt the data would be driven by the general need to encrypt the original information hosted on the website.However,...
View ArticleAnswer by Polynomial for Why would someone want to encrypt RSS feeds?
If you're talking about SSL, the answer is why not? If I had the choice, I'd prefer that every site on the internet provided HTTPS. Is it strictly necessary? Of course not. Does it stop anyone from...
View ArticleWhy would someone want to encrypt RSS feeds?
I heard the idea of encrypting the RSS feeds using public key encryption system from someone and since then I am intrigued by the idea. But then I started to wonder what would be the basic need for...
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