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andu undo at cloud9.net
Tue Dec 24 09:33:01 EST 2002


--On Tuesday, December 24, 2002 00:27:41 -0600 Chipp Walters 
<chipp at chipp.com> wrote:


> 	b) be certified as 'safe' by a reputable 3rd party (the Microsoft
> approach).
>
> My thinking on the subject is that a 3rd party could build a player and
> infrastructure for registering (certifying) stacks. Then the player would
> check in with the 3rd party to verify the signature of the certification.
> At the minimum, all unsigned stacks would be pre-empted by a warning
> notice such as: "This program is unsigned and could possibly damage your
> computer!"

This is what tripped me in your previous message too, and this is what I 
was referring to as the illusion of security being worse then no security 
at all.
I can see dr Kissinger (or OJ) running such an enterprise.

Regards, Andu Novac



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