Re: VeriSign takes the "Trust" out of "SSL certificates"

[Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com>]

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:larry () larryseltzer com]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:23 AM
> To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> Cc: noloader () 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.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:21 AM
> To: Larry Seltzer
> Cc: noloader () 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?
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