[Cryptography] Encryption opinion

[James A. Donald]

On 2014-08-29 05:28, Bear wrote:
> It becomes clear why you are eager to reclassify it as something
> that the IETF is interested in stopping, but motivation is
> subjective and facts are objective. The disconnect remains.
>
> The IETF is a protocol group; if it isn't a problem that can be
> solved via protocol, they regard it as being outside their mandate.

MITM phishing can be solved by a zero knowledge password proof operated 
by a UI element that cannot easily be faked up by browser html.

That is a protocol.

Even if they proclaim the UI element out of IETF scope, the zero 
knowledge password proof should be in scope.