Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:26:31 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@consys.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Apostolos Makridis <pmakridi@bbn.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: netscape-communicator-4.04.us Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219212204.14406B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19980219181924.33862@nuxi.com>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, David O'Brien wrote: > > Actually, I wanted to buy Word Perfect for Linux, which I thought would > > probably run under FreeBSD, but the vendor won't sell it except thru > > Netscape (giving your credit card ID that way) and I've been too skeptical > > to do that. Does Fortify give any better guarantee of security? > > Depends on several things. Does the vendors server support encryption > with the higher number of bits? If yes, then you have a *very* secure > connection from your workstation to the web server. However what > happens to your C.C. data once it hits the vendors machine? Do they dump > it in a file in ASCII? Is that ASCII file sitting on their FTP server? > (stupid example, but you get the idea). You should worry as much about > their handling of your data besides just getting it there. One step at a time, David. I know about the rest of the handling, and that I really doubt if their site is secure. I was asking only about the netscape encryption part, tho. Heck, I'd love to know of somewhere that I can hand cash to, and have them put _their_ credit card out there. I want that word processor ... they won't sell it any other way. Some kinda factoring company? I gotta find someone who's really net-innocent, and has a credit-card. I guess I was hunting for some justification to do it myself, but I don't think I will, now. > > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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