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Article #109Re: Should Altopia provide SSL at no additional cost?
From: Chris Caputo
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:48
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:48
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Uni <no.email@no.email.invalid> writes: >Chris Caputo wrote: >> Do folks think it would be a useful thing if Altopia provided SSL access >> at no additional cost? > >For what reason? So you can't get captured downloading nasty spam from >usenet? Reasons may vary. Off the top of my head, it prevents login passwords from being sent in plain-text, plus it gives dissidents or anyone else added protection from nosy ISPs/backbones/governments with sniffing software. As long as people respect the rights of others, what people read or post is their own business. Chris Caputo President, Altopia Corporation
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X-Google-Thread: fd665,d4024adfc75b3a93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd665,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!out03a.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!news.alt.net!ccaputo From: Chris Caputo <ccaputo@alt.net> Newsgroups: altnet.general,alt.binaries.news-server-comparison Subject: Re: Should Altopia provide SSL at no additional cost? Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 04:48:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - www.altopia.com Lines: 16 Message-ID: <1msfo5.el7.19.1@news.alt.net> References: <1mqbsi.ap2.17.1@news.alt.net> <47D361C0.3090308@no.email.invalid> User-Agent: nn/6.7.3