In the spring of 2014 starttls.info was launched. A simple service to measure and grade the RFC 3207 STARTTLS support of the mailservers for any given domain, it was quickly embraced by ACLU and EFF. Used as a reference site, major service providers around the world were persuaded very quickly to implemented support for RFC 3207.
This talk will summarize the history & current status of worldwide RFC3207 adoption. It will also look at upcoming solutions that will further enhance the security of email and keep the bad guys from unlawfully intercepting & monitoring your private communication.