[144449] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why are we still using the CA model? (Re: Microsoft deems all
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher J. Pilkington)
Mon Sep 12 10:26:01 2011
From: "Christopher J. Pilkington" <cjp@0x1.net>
In-Reply-To: <221E581B-206F-4BFF-92FF-EB0761C42CA3@GREnergy.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:25:11 -0400
To: "Hughes, Scott GRE-MG" <SHughes@GREnergy.com>
Cc: NANOG mailing list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 11, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Hughes, Scott GRE-MG wrote:
> Companies that wrap their services with generic domain names =
(paymybills.com and the like) have no one to blame but themselves when =
they are targeted by scammers and phishing schemes. Even EV certificates =
don't help when consumers are blinded by subsidiary companies and sister =
companies daily (Motorola Mobility a.k.a. Google vs. Motorola =
Solutions.)
GE Money Bank is notorious for this=85 from a retail store's main page =
they redirect you to https://www3.onlinecreditcenter6.com. (No-EV =
certificate, either.)
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