Mark C. Langston wrote:
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 06:40:28PM +0000, Mark wrote:
Uh-uh; and I guess I will not have to pay anyone those $300 a year
then either, right? The reputation service just "happens" to be in
cahoots with Verisign, who just "happens" to make billions of
dollars overnight ($300 times each domain, times each year). Just to
"defray" the cost, huh?
I'm confused. To which reputation system are you referring?
To none yet. :) And I like to keep it that way.
To clarify my position, reputation services themselves are not a problem per
se (after all, DCC is a reputation service too). Only when the use of such
reputation services becomes entangled with the mandatory use of a costly
certificate. Because I believe my reputation should not cost me anything
unless I transgress. Having to make a yearly payment for a (future)
certificate, just so as not to have my good name trashed (read: taken out of
the "good guys" list), that I am vehemently opposed to.
If it's GOSSiP, it doesn't use certificates at all.
And I am happy for it. :)
- Mark
System Administrator Asarian-host.org
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