Robert Accettura's
Fun With Wordage

There’s an interesting discussion on Slashdot about SSL certificates. It brings up two valid points:

Invalid certificates, while providing a secure mechanism between the client/server are extremely annoying to use in Firefox 3 for many people because of the multi-step process. Previously it was just a warning dialog.
There are no free SSL certificates that [...]

I’ve encountered this bug I just can’t quite figure out, so I figured I’d put it here. Hopefully with a broader audience someone else had encountered it and perhaps this will lead to the root cause being identified.
For some reason Firefox 3 can’t access Webmin on port 10000, which is how it’s setup on [...]

As of yesterday SafePasswd.com is now suggesting passwords over SSL for better security. Seems like a good idea right?
In other news, there is now a SafePasswd.com blog. The focus is quite simple. Bring better security to the masses.
Check it out, add the feed to your favorite RSS reader, bookmark it.

I didn’t find this anywhere online, so I thought I’d post it. Norton AntiVirus up to and including 2007 doesn’t support POP3 over SSL. That’s a problem since sending mail without SSL is insecure, and sending mail over SSL with no virus scanning is also insecure. There is a fix.
Please note these [...]