[conspire] (forw) site update request

[Nick Moffitt]

The "threat model" is mainly from browser manufacturers, who are deprecating unencrypted HTTP in a way that will make this document inaccessible to exactly the sort of people who may need it most.

On 05May2020 10:45am (-0700), Rick Moen wrote:
> I considered writing back and saying 'What's the threat model? 
> Some malicious person could post a fraudulent version of our essay that
> cruelly omits the serial comma and inserts 'hopefully' as a dangling
> modifier?'
> 
> The sheer gadget-freakery in the technical community frequently achieves
> eye-rolling dimensions.
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Rick Dicaire <kritek at gmail.com> -----
> 
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 12:41:48 -0400
> From: Rick Dicaire <kritek at gmail.com>
> To: respond-auto at linuxmafia.com
> Subject: site update request
> 
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> 
> Any thought to putting the site on SSL and ipv6?
> Hmmm SSL reports:
> This server could not prove that it is www.catb.org; its security
> certificate is from www.animadance.org. This may be caused by a
> misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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