Hi Peter, It should be noted that VeriSign sold the registrar division of Network Solutions (including the brand) back in 2003. It is no longer has any affiliation with VeriSign.
Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Gutmann > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Low security SSL sites > > Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >Peter Gutmann wrote: > > >> You may as well name 'em since it's fairly well known, > it's Verisign (yes, the > > >Actually another one, so that makes 2 of them (at least)... > > I've had several pieces of mail asking for clarification of > my original > statement about Verisign, here's how to see this yourself: > > 1. Disable SSLv2 in your browser (i.e. take it to the state > that it should > have been shipped in in the first place). > 2. Go to https://www.networksolutions.com/ > > With Mozilla I get an error to say that I can't connect > because SSLv2 is > disabled. With MSIE it just hangs forever trying to connect, with no > indication of what's wrong ("Thank Bill kids. Thaaaaanks, > Bill"). I can't > remember any more which banking sites had problems with the > same thing, it was > last year some time, but the Verisign/NS issue is fairly well > known (at least > among SSL'ers) and they don't seem interested in fixing it. > > Peter. > > _______________________________________________ > Mozilla-security mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-security > > _______________________________________________ Mozilla-security mailing list [email protected] http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-security
