Re: www.gateway.gov.uk

[Robert Shiels]

From: "Jonathan Stowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: www.gateway.gov.uk


> As a public service I would exhort all of you to go to this site and then
> complain when it tells you that you are using an 'Unsupported Browser'
> (which I guess will be more than half of you :)
>
I agree that this is pants. I don't see why I need cookies, javascript and
Java enabled. But I don't fully understand digital certificates.

Assume for a moment that I'm using lynx on Linux, and I want to send the
government my tax return securely. What are the security implications, can
it actually be done. I don't want to go off half-cocked and complain about
something when I don't fully understand why the alternative is better.

Could someone explain it to me, and give me an address to send my complaint
to, and I'll definitely do it.

/Robert