I'll just leave this here. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647959
(Top-posting always makes me feel dirty...) --Steve On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Like the out sourcing of medical records transcription to India where the > out sourcing company had one of their employees take the records and post > them on the Internet for all to read? Out sourcing is still done and done > will little regard to security in some cases. Until both sides of the coin > are made to pay for stupid/criminal acts this will continue to make the > hackers rich and famous. I see little difference between an out sourcing > company and an SSL supplier in this regard. Not doing the due diligence > needed to be assured of a good supplier, or for an SSL supplier that the > purchaser is who they claim to be, then things like this will happen. > Companies to stop looking at cost first then consider what will happen. > Reversing the equation is what needs to be done. > > Jon > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > At the margin, it will dissuade some people from using Verisign again. >> > And that impacts their bottom line. >> >> Apparently, not significantly. >> >> > Eventually, for those that really care, there will be a CA that offers >> > the highest >> > levels of security. Probably at a premium price. >> >> There's no rule that says that has to happen. It would appear that >> most people chose price over security, and so far that has generally >> meant that those who value security more are left without any really >> satisfying vendor. >> >> > There will always be some rogue operators. And there will always be >> > premium >> > operators that drop the ball on occasion. But generally, it will sort it >> > out. Companies >> > that used to be king (Nortel, RIM etc) will go by the wayside. Others >> > (Google, >> > Apple) will prosper. >> >> All I see is one set of poor choices being changed out for another >> set of poor choices. Call it the "circle of incompetence". I doubt >> it will get a cute Disney theme song, though. >> >> -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
