Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:53:53 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>, <ulf@Alameda.net> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Verisign, Thawte, Entrust, whom? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20021021195034.02b20c70@localhost> In-Reply-To: <005901c27948$457a89e0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <031601c2792f$34e371a0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> <20021021121147.G27297@seven.alameda.net>
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At 03:24 PM 10/21/2002, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: >Ulf, I happened to google far enough to hit >"GeoTrust," and will be looking hard at >that ... less than half of VeriSign...that is, >unless I can figure out what Brett DOES >do in this regard... :-) Well, it's hard to imagine that having a certificate from Verisign would engender any real trust. After all, they're a would-be monopolist, are under investigation for mail fraud, and have ripped off tens of thousands of domain name registrants for years. We just warn users that a window will pop up, and tell them that by accepting our certificate they'll be assured of secure communications with us in the future. It works. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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