By popular demand, I put back the "fingerprint" version of the authentic fake identity seal; go to http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ move the mouse cursor over the yellow padlock on the left. Might look a little bright on some platforms, gamma 1.8. My HTML is not quite sophisticated enough so it can detect Macs and pop a 2.2 gamma image instead. Enjoy! Michel. -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Michel Py Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 3:31 PM To: Sean Donelan Cc: nanog list Subject: RE: M$ CD patches

Sean Donelan wrote: Regardless of the distribution method, geniune Microsoft patches are always cryptographically signed by Microsoft. Whether consumers can figure out how to check the signature is a different question.

Lots can't. I recently put a fake "identity seal" on my personal web site (go to https://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us and put the mouse cursor over the padlock on the left). It's completely bogus: not only the artwork has been greatly inspired by Comodo's thing (view the real thing here: http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl-certificate-trust logo.html) when the actual SSL certificate comes from freessl.com, but it also works even if you view the insecure page http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/. Besides, I do not have a credit card processing system, although I do accept donations in cash and gold bullions. So, what you're looking at is nothing more than a little photoshop and javascript. Guess what: I have received many questions that say in substance "how much does it cost to get the same seal as yours and can you come install it on my web server?" Michel.