Agree with Larry. This type of stuff happens all the time. It's called "lock-in on renewal"
sales technique. J On Nov 8, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Larry Seltzer wrote: > You never heard of this before? Don't you guys get cable? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:la...@larryseltzer.com] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:23 AM > To: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu > Cc: noloa...@gmail.com; FunSec > Subject: RE: [funsec] VeriSign takes the "Trust" out of "SSL certificates" > > I'm sure they do as much as they do for full price. The idea is to get > users on-board so that they're happy and renew at full price in a year. > > -----Original Message----- > From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:21 AM > To: Larry Seltzer > Cc: noloa...@gmail.com; FunSec > Subject: Re: [funsec] VeriSign takes the "Trust" out of "SSL certificates" > > On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:50:35 EST, Larry Seltzer said: >> I should say that I do work for this group of VeriSign (now called >> Symantec Authentication), but I don't see how a sale "takes the trust >> out". > > "Trust, but verify". - some famous president. > > How much verification can you do for $1? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.