What EV certs are good for

2009-01-25 Thread Jerry Leichter
I just received a phishing email, allegedly from HSBC: Dear HSBC Member, Due to the high number of fraud attempts and phishing scams, it has been decided to implement EV SSL Certification on this Internet Banking website. The use of EV SSL certification works with high

Re: Bitcoin v0.1 released

2009-01-25 Thread dan
Bill Frantz writes: -+- | Some people tell me that the 0wned machines are among the most | secure on the network because botnet operators work hard to | keep others from compromising their machines. I could see the | operators moving toward being legitimate security firms, |

Re: Bitcoin v0.1 released

2009-01-25 Thread Satoshi Nakamoto
Hal Finney wrote: * Spammer botnets could burn through pay-per-send email filters trivially If POW tokens do become useful, and especially if they become money, machines will no longer sit idle. Users will expect their computers to be earning them money (assuming the reward is greater