Category Archives: computers

Brilliant Idea

To prevent phishing, all Internet scams and cons should be required by ICANN to use the TLD .con rather than .com. That is all.

June 16, 2009 – 4:32 pm | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in computers | Comments (1)

Authentication Sucks

For a while I’ve been thinking about the classic Internet dilemma: authentication. For trust to work on the Internet, you need to (a) be able to verify the server you’re connecting to is the one it claims it is and (b) be able to prove you are who you claim you are. (a) is a …

January 10, 2009 – 2:52 am | By Cap'n Refsmmat | Posted in computers | Tagged | Comments (2)