Maybe to you, but not to me. If we are going to do any good we have to deal with all the problems and not just a few cherry picked problems that we think should be the ones people are worried about.
As I pointed out, there is actually quite a bit that technology can do here. This is a real problem that people have been complaining about for years. On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Richard L. Barnes <rbar...@bbn.com> wrote: > Illegitimate transfers are out of scope. From the point of view of the DNS, > an illegitimate transfer is indistinguishable from a legitimate transfer. > > The only thing technology could do for this case is allow the web site to > tell customers "I'm not planning to change anything in the next N days". So, > for instance cached DANE records or key pinning. First-time visitors with > nothing cached are out of luck. Maybe you could have something of an > observatory system for sharing the sort of information that other people have > cached. > > --Richard > > > > > On Jan 26, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > >> This is a site I have been using for over a year now. >> >> How would I as a regular Internet user be expected to work out which >> site is the real one? This could be site napping or it could be >> phishing fraud. >> >> >> I tend to suspect that the email is telling the truth, but it is also >> possible that it is a phishing attack. >> >> I do not particularly want to log into either site right at the moment. >> >> >> DANE would be no help whatsoever. In fact as currently proposed it >> would require browsers to only consider therpf.com as valid. >> >> But some of the other proposals made could provide important >> information. For example, Perspectives and Convergence might allow >> continuity to be established through the certificate continuity. >> Depending on the details of the implementation, SK and CT >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: ad...@moviepropsites.com <ad...@moviepropsites.com> >> Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:33 PM >> Subject: the Replica Prop Forum - Update to Critical Notice >> To: hal...@gmail.com >> >> >> Hello hallam >> >> Two weeks ago we wrote to tell you the unfortunate news that our >> domain name, therpf.com had been stolen. A considerable number of you >> have written back to ask for an “official” update, so here you go! >> >> While we have been able to secure our own server where we are >> temporarily hosting the RPF (thereplicapropforum.com) we have NOT been >> able to regain ownership of therpf.com at this time. >> >> To be clear, therpf.com is STILL in the hands of the hacker who has >> setup a site which looks almost identical to the real site. Do NOT be >> fooled. therpf.com may look like the real site, but is still under >> the control of the hacker! >> >> The real RPF is still being temporarily housed at thereplicapropforum.com >> >> Some of you have expressed a concern about how you know if these >> communications (like the one you are reading now) are legitimate. To >> verify, you can go to our facebook page, twitter page, our facebook >> group, or even my personal facebook page to verify and learn more. >> Below are links to each. >> >> Official RPF Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/therpf >> Official RPF Facebook GROUP page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/therpf/ >> Official RPF Twitter page: http://twitter.com/replicaprops >> My personal facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/artandrewsjr >> >> Our legal team is getting close to completing our dispute of the >> illegal transfer of therpf.com and with any luck, we hope to have that >> domain back in our possession in roughly 30 days or so, but the legal >> process is a slow one and this has been further complicated since it >> is also an international issue. >> >> When we do get the domain back, we will email you again to let you >> know it is safe to return to therpf.com but until that time, please >> continue to use thereplicapropforum.com and avoid therpf.com. We are >> still here, doing what we have always done; sharing our love for >> props, costumes and models and talking about the latest movies and >> goings-on in the entertainment industry. >> >> On a final note, hundreds of you have come forward to help support >> this community in numerous ways. Thank you for that support! Your >> support has shown your devotion and love for this community and we >> really appreciate it. Like you, we love this community and are >> looking forward to continuing to serve you in the future! >> >> Sincerely, >> Art >> www.thereplicapropforum.com … for now… >> >> >> -- >> Website: http://hallambaker.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> therightkey mailing list >> therightkey@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/therightkey > -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/ _______________________________________________ therightkey mailing list therightkey@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/therightkey
