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Encrypting SNI: Fixing One of the Core Internet Bugs

What's this blog post about?

Cloudflare is celebrating its 8th birthday by launching a new initiative called Encrypted SNI (ESNI), which aims to make the encrypted web more private and secure. The company has partnered with Apple, Fastly, Mozilla, and others across the industry to develop ESNI as an IETF Draft RFC. This protocol will help protect users' browsing history by preventing ISPs from spying on Server Name Indication (SNI) data. Firefox is expected to become the first browser to support ESNI in their Nightly release, with other major browser makers likely to follow suit.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Sept. 24, 2018

Author(s)
Matthew Prince

Word count
1416

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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