security

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Tue Oct 24 23:01:15 UTC 2006


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 > > SSL [...] is generally a pain in the ass.

Chris Drake wrote:
 > That's because SSL provides both security and trust.
 >
 > SSH provides only security - not trust.
 >
 > It's not *really* a pain either - paste your CSR and
 > credit card into ipsca, and $38 + 1 minute later -
 > you're trusted.

No, one minute later you have certificate.

Several hours of difficult and confusing work later, you
are able to use the certificate.

     --digsig
          James A. Donald
      6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG
      Lek9gOPA1SsJ6FSJcUVEpgt8O8/prkSEBtZ7KQM9
      4WAoBBMhlF+VBl1ssDyK80GoVu8PybTcExM4P4c0C



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