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On Saturday 03 January 2009 03:45:11 Matthew Seaman wrote:

> [*] Buying a high security cert from the likes of Verisign or OpenSRS wou=
ld
> set you back about =A3800 p.a. and it would probably be necessary to use
> someone like the FreeBSD Foundation as an appropriate body to own the cer=
t.

<OT>
I would actually trust a self-signed cert by the FreeBSD security officer,=
=20
more then one by Verisign. Power hungry companies like Verisign are more=20
succeptable to corruption then the entity I want to have or already a=20
relationship with in the first place.
</OT>
=2D-=20
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.