YDL.net signon screen is not secure... What to do about it?

[nathan r. hruby]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Rick Thomas wrote:

> So, how about it, YDL.net'ers?  Would you be willing to accept a
> self-signed certificate in order to keep your YDL.net password secure? 
> I know I would.
> 

I'd do it, not that I have the money for YDL.net right now, but hey.. you 
asked!

> 
> Warning -- accepting a self-signed cert cannot be done using MS Internet
> Explorer.  M$, in their infinite wisdom, have decided that this is
> something we should not be allowed to do.  Netscape (and most other
> browsers) have no such restriction.

It should be pointed out that this is a Mac IE thing in particular, 
the Windows IE's handle self-signed cert very easily.  Not that I'm 
advocating windows usage (heavens no!) just a mior factual nitpick.

-n
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