The real problem that https has conspicuously failed to fix

2003-06-08 Thread James A. Donald
I keep posting you cannot do this using https, and people keep = replying yes you can No you cannot, cause if you could, paypal, e-gold, e-bay, and the rest = would not be suffering from the problem illustrated by scam mails such = as the following (When you hit the submit button, guess what

Re: Maybe It's Snake Oil All the Way Down

2003-06-07 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: Certificate caching is not the problem that needs solving. The problem is all this spam attempting to fool people into logging in to fake BofA websites and fake e-gold websites, to steal their passwords or credit card numbers On 6 Jun 2003 at 15:04, Tim Dierks

Re: Maybe It's Snake Oil All the Way Down

2003-06-07 Thread James A. Donald
. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG q1a1Whb1YeRws7qoDm6h15qfDstFHciUyP2I4fte 42lCFXf0IqXfh5Mz2mFtznxv6N40EuqpKvQJhLBgS

Re: Maybe It's Snake Oil All the Way Down

2003-06-05 Thread James A. Donald
, not private keys, and the networks are setup to rely on shared secrets because there is no practical alternative. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG r9lUivpSt7tWiPOxVr17a9sjkgXnnbC5matqsa6/ 4UovWiFVbzH8bFEhVsekeydmrrDmez+5/B/3ZSo4B

Re: Maybe It's Snake Oil All the Way Down

2003-06-05 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald Or to say the same thing in different words -- why can't HTTPS be more like SSH?Why are we seeing a snow storm of scam mails trying to get us to login to e-g0ld.com? Eric Rescorla Because HTTPS is designed to let you talk to people you've never talked before

Re: Looting of museums, banks, shops, factories--South Central LA writ large

2003-04-12 Thread James A. Donald
be resuming soon, a quite satisfactory outcome unless you happen to be seriously injured during the fall of the regime. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ex1HQoJ2kYJwSMyp5TBLhzTH+6qqwg6ezxbM7VYg 4q2ySdMlUgiPS7jiXdtDmfaD/3tRNLRf0h+f2/RaA