Re: End of the line for Ireland's dotcom star

2003-09-25 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 5:48 PM -0700 9/24/03, someone wrote: The mystification of identity is a hallmark of any hierarchical society. Is this quote original with you? I like it enough that I want to keep it around. I see you and others used similar variations before in c'punks postings. Yes. It's mine. The

Re: why are CAs charging so much for certs anyway? (Re: End of the line for Ireland's dotcom star)

2003-09-25 Thread Damian Gerow
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:33:56 -0700, thus spake Adam Back [EMAIL PROTECTED]: : You'd have thought there would be plenty of scope for certs to be sold : for a couple of $ / year. Eg. by one of the registrars bundling a : cert with your domain registration. I mean if someone can provide DNS :

Re: [Mac_crypto] Re: Peppercoin Raises $4 Million in First Round Funding, Appoints CEO

2003-09-25 Thread Dave Birch
On 24/9/03 3:29 am, Nicko van Someren e-said: I think you'll find that when the transaction value is small the merchant rates from all the credit card companies are substantially higher than that. It's common for the marginal merchant rate to be on the order of 2-4% for online transactions

Re: why are CAs charging so much for certs anyway? (Re: End of the line for Ireland's dotcom star)

2003-09-25 Thread Dave Howe
Joel Sing wrote: Hi Adam, I believe they have, at least to a large degree. InstantSSL (www.instantssl.com) sell 128-bit certificates for $49USD/annum. Certainly far cheaper than the VeriSign or Thawte equivalent. This is their 'base' level service which comes with a $50USD warranty, email

Reliance on Microsoft called risk to U.S. security

2003-09-25 Thread R. A. Hettinga
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=200309241951000228064dt=20030924195100w=RTRcoview= Reliance on Microsoft called risk to U.S. security SEATTLE, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Computer security experts issued a joint report on Wednesday saying that the ubiquitous reach of Microsoft

Re: Can Eve repeat?

2003-09-25 Thread Ivan Krstic
On 24 Sep 2003 08:34:57 -0400, Greg Troxel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] In Quantum Cryptography, Eve is allowed to not only observe, but also transmit (in the quantum world observing modifies state, so the notion of read only doesn't make sense). Also, Eve is typically accorded unlimited

Re: Reliance on Microsoft called risk to U.S. security

2003-09-25 Thread Ian Grigg
R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=200309241951000228064dt=20030924195100w=RTRcoview= Reliance on Microsoft called risk to U.S. security But the security experts said the issue of computer security had more to do with the ubiquity of Microsoft's

Re: why are CAs charging so much for certs anyway? (Re: End of the line for Ireland's dotcom star)

2003-09-25 Thread Peter Gutmann
Ed Gerck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PRICING STRATEGY: CAs should keep their prices high and find ways to add price to current products (eg, offering insurance, different certificate classes, benefits for CRL access, etc.) -- because the potentially difficult mid-term future of such business impose

Re: DC Security Geeks Talk: Analysis of an Electronic Voting System

2003-09-25 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 02:48 PM 9/24/03 -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=Newsfile=printsid=463 Cryptonomicon.Net - Talk: Analysis of an Electronic Voting System Someone needs to inject a story about e-voting fraud into the popular imagination. Is Tom Clancy available?