"Allen Kistler" <ackistler@oohay.moc> wrote in message
news:q1bNj.3916$vF.3700@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net ...
> D. Stussy wrote:
> > "buck" <buck@private.mil> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9A817A6F1EBACbuckprivatemil@64.209.0.81...
> >> I have googled and not found anything appropriate. If anyone can
supply
> >> some keywords for my search, please do.
> >>
> >> stunnel connects to news.newsguy.com on port 563. How can I know that
> > this
> >> transmission is encrypted?
> >
> > By DEFINITION.
>
> Not quite. SSL allows the NULL cipher, which is no encryption.

Is that really secure? SSL = Secure sockets layer. A NULL cypher may be
permitted but I don't call that secure.