Re: [SLUG] Passwords on the web

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Sep 24 2004 - 15:32:54 EDT


On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 13:18, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > I suspect they don't want to play for SSL management with a webhost,
>
> (pay?) Then self-cert. Not hard at all.

Can't A. Random Badguy assert his own identity just as easily as B.
Random Goodguy can? If so, what does self-certification buy you?

-- 
-eben    ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm    home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar

Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Derived from Robert Heinlein

----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 18:01:31 EDT