[messaging] Can a pre-shared public key prevent MITM-attacks?

[U.Mutlu]

Tao Effect wrote on 12/08/2015 02:07 AM:
> You see, Mutlu, HTTPS and PKI has nothing to do with secure messaging, or isn’t that clear? ;-)
>
> - Greg

Yes, I see HTTPS and PKI has nothing to do with secure messaging, it's 100% 
clear!  :-)


>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 4:56 PM, U.Mutlu <for-gmane at mutluit.com> wrote:
>>
>> Trevor Perrin wrote on 12/08/2015 01:42 AM:
>>> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 4:27 PM, U.Mutlu <for-gmane at mutluit.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> But this means for https in practice that:
>>>> NONE of the security protocols used in https is secure against MITM.
>>>
>>> Hi Mutlu,
>>>
>>> Please take discussion of HTTPS elsewhere, it's off-topic for this list.
>>>
>>> Trevor
>>
>> Sorry, I don't have a description about the allowed topics here,
>> does there exist such a thing?
>>
>> What about talking SSL in general? Is that too discouraged here?
>>
>>
>> --
>> U.Mutlu