Opportunistic Encryption是什么意思？

gaowenmei

最近看介绍Openswan的文章，时不时会遇到“Opportunistic Encryption”。

请问应该怎么翻译呢？

roamingo

希望能对你有用。
Opportunistic Encryption (OE) allows for "encryption for secure communication without any pre-arrangement specific to the pair of systems involved." Or in general terms, "I'd like to talk to Bob, with encryption if available".

This provides a level of security which is sometimes described as "Better Than Nothing Security"[1][2] or ANONSEC. It does not provide a strong level of security as authentication may be difficult to establish and secure communications are not forced. It does make the encryption of most internet traffic easy to implement, which has been a significant impediment to the mass adoption of Internet traffic security.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_encryption

gaowenmei

多谢roamingo！