[Cryptography] The business of web hosting, was Commercial PKI as dog poop

[Richard Outerbridge]

On 2021-05-15 (135), at 09:43:08, Jerry Leichter <leichter at lrw.com> wrote:

>> [W]hen I point my browser at my local bank's web site,  [ … ]

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> The world was much simpler back when all property was physical and locally owned and directly controlled.  Of course, though it may have been closer, that world probably hasn't existed through all of recorded history.  Agency is hardly a 21st century - or even a 17th century - novelty.

Let alone even a 17th (1600 - 1699) century problem.  Ever read Kahn’s 'The Codebreakers’ more than once? :)
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