data request on Sitefinder

Jeroen Massar jeroen at unfix.org
Mon Oct 20 15:22:02 UTC 2003


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Steve Bellovin wrote:

> The session this morning ran out of time, so I didn't get to ask my 
> question.
> 
> Verisign's review panel has identified a number of problems 
> -- I won't 
> argue if they're minor or not -- that are addressable with software 
> changes.  We heard this morning that Postfix is an application that 
> will need to be changed to handle the proposed new version of 
> Sitefinder's MX record.  Of course, it's generally considered a good 
> idea to test sofware before deploying it.

Ahem, so Verisign wants to change the complete working of the
internet with the currently installed base because they want
to gather all the typo's??? Are they going to pay us the money
for upgrading/verification/checking/testing etc?

Fix the Webbrowsers, which in most cases already support the
functionality their 'application' gives. If Verisign wants
the webbrowsing folk to use their 'sitefinder technology'
then they should take a share in Microsoft, AOL, Opera and
a number of other companies and pursuade them to include it.

Don't change something that doesn't need fixing.
(Ignoring the spam thing :)

*if* Verisign gets it through that the installed base has
to bend over because they introduce such a thing it would
be a very bad thing for the internet as a whole and it would
really mean that the internet is yet another commercial
thing controlled by one single entity.

Greets,
 Jeroen

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