-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Steve Bellovin wrote:
The session this morning ran out of time, so I didn't get to ask my question.
Verisign's review panel has identified a number of problems -- I won't argue if they're minor or not -- that are addressable with software changes. We heard this morning that Postfix is an application that will need to be changed to handle the proposed new version of Sitefinder's MX record. Of course, it's generally considered a good idea to test sofware before deploying it.
Ahem, so Verisign wants to change the complete working of the internet with the currently installed base because they want to gather all the typo's??? Are they going to pay us the money for upgrading/verification/checking/testing etc? Fix the Webbrowsers, which in most cases already support the functionality their 'application' gives. If Verisign wants the webbrowsing folk to use their 'sitefinder technology' then they should take a share in Microsoft, AOL, Opera and a number of other companies and pursuade them to include it. Don't change something that doesn't need fixing. (Ignoring the spam thing :) *if* Verisign gets it through that the installed base has to bend over because they introduce such a thing it would be a very bad thing for the internet as a whole and it would really mean that the internet is yet another commercial thing controlled by one single entity. Greets, Jeroen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Unfix PGP for Outlook Alpha 13 Int. Comment: Jeroen Massar / jeroen@unfix.org / http://unfix.org/~jeroen/ iQA/AwUBP5P9mSmqKFIzPnwjEQKDxQCgqYs/jptLOScVYOV4Hgvib8LeZZEAoJ7m CorMPVEzuY10InQz/cniNxlm =iBHg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----