Re: Textual Web

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From: Jason McBrayer <jmcbray@carcosa.net>

Subject: Re: Textual Web

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:16:27 -0500

Message-ID: <87tufuubkk.fsf@cassilda.carcosa.net>

rtr <rtr@nospam.invalid> writes:

I don't understand, why would we want to have an even stripped down

version of gemini? It seems to me that gemini strikes a good balance

between gopher and http.

Some people want Gemini without TLS because they use (or want to keep

open the option of using) devices that are either too old to support TLS

(i.e., 8- or 16-bit micros ) or which are locked down and old enough

that they will never be updated to support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3

(i.e. many Android 4.4 or earlier devices). My personal recommendation

for these devices is just to use Gopher, but even without TLS, Gemini

does provide some useful features over Gopher (virtual hosts, MIME types

in responses), which explains why some people still want it.

Jason McBrayer | “Strange is the night where black stars rise,

jmcbray@carcosa.net | and strange moons circle through the skies,

| but stranger still is lost Carcosa.”

| ― Robert W. Chambers,The King in Yellow

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