> Exactly the problem. The benefit is invisible to (most) endusers, so in Mozilla logic, it doesn't exist for the user.
What is the benefit in using RSA with the sync protocol? What sort of experience do you have in the design of cryptographic protocols to comment on this? Or are you grasping at whatever random reasons you can find to take a shit on the Firefox developers?
If you're interested in the reasons why asymmetric crypto was dropped, they are here:
What is the benefit in using RSA with the sync protocol? What sort of experience do you have in the design of cryptographic protocols to comment on this? Or are you grasping at whatever random reasons you can find to take a shit on the Firefox developers?
If you're interested in the reasons why asymmetric crypto was dropped, they are here:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync/SimplifiedCryptoPropo...
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync/SimplifyCrypto
TL;DR: There simply was no reason to use RSA. A faster and simpler protocol that is just as secure could be built without it.