On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 03:14:13AM -0400, Meng Weng Wong wrote:
Cloudmark has introduced a rating service.
Verisign is publishing its list of domains with SSL
certificates.
Specifically, how is the ability to purchase an SSL certificate
conferring a "good" status to a domain?
More generally, how is tying authentication to profit motive serving the
community?
The flip side of the authentication coin is enforcement. When you tie
authentication to monetary gain, you remove the motivation to enforce,
because you're basically asking a company to eliminate a customer.
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