[Noisebridge-discuss] New SSL key for noisebridge

Nate Lawson nate at root.org
Sat Jan 31 05:36:22 UTC 2009


Matt Peterson wrote:
>> Unless we want to give the cartels money to tell us that we're safe when
>> there's next to nothing backing it up, I suggest we go with CA Cert.
>
> Does it really matter if the wiki is SSL'd or not?
> 
> While I agree the cartels are a joke in their verification process;
> CAcert is useless if it's not pre-installed on the common browsers.  It seems
> like making the wiki accessible for the masses without pop-up security
> warnings trumps the cartel FOSS mindset.  If the choice is CAcert or
> none, I'd pick none - the wiki should be easy for non-security-minded
> folks to add & modify content to.

So you see, Lonestar, evil will always triumph because Good is Dumb.

-- 
Nate



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