Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
> How about Verisign? Is there /any/ way to get a Verisign security
> "certificate" without using ActiveX?
Screw Verisign, they're not the only certificate issuer.
I still haven't forgotten about their Web hijacking attempt:
[quote]
All your Web typos are belong to us
Verisign wildcard changes spark fury
Updated Network administrators are fuming about changes made by domain
registrar Verisign to the DNS system yesterday that they say violate
longstanding Internet standards.
Verisign yesterday added wildcard DNS records to all .com and .net
domains - redirecting surfers who get lost on the Net to a search page,
called Site Finder, run by the company. Those who type in non-existent
addresses will also be served up Site Finder, instead of an error message.
There's widespread concern the alterations will frustrate commonly used
anti-spam techniques. Mail packages often check to see whether the
domain an email is coming from is valid but with the changes all domains
have suddenly become valid, frustrating the technique.
The radical, and largely unheralded, changes were made yesterday and
followed up by a post by Verisign to the NANOG mailing list. This did
little beyond stating that Verisign has added a "wildcard A record to
the .com and .net zones" and pointing users to a white paper that
Verisign has prepared.
So, Verisign has turned domain name typos into an advertising
opportunity. Critics believe this is an abuse of Verisign's role, via
acquired company Network Solutions, in administering the .com and .net
registry DNS servers.
[/quote]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/16/all_your_web_typos/
I believe my hosting company uses RapidSSL for certificates, not that
I've needed one so far. I certainly wouldn't touch Verisign with a
bargepole, and neither would Matt Heaton, the president of that hosting
company, who absolutely despises IE; Windows and all things Microsoft:
[quote]
I WILL NEVER EVER IN 1,000 YEARS USE A MICROSOFT PRODUCT FOR BLUEHOST!
NEVER! We will never do windows hosting, we will never do Exchange
hosting (Using a Microsoft product), and we will never use Longhorn
server or advanced server.
[/quote]
http://mattheaton.com/?p=90
I guess Verisign certificates are off the menu at the BlueHost Café
then, if they require Internot Exploder and ActiveX.
Thank God for choice.
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