[CLUE-Admin] SSL cert for CLUE

[Jed S. Baer]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:03:43 -0600
David Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:

> Of course, if no one understands how a CA works then $39 is a bargain. 
> OTOH, why bother with a cert?  What threat are we countering?  Aren't 
> there a dozen more immediate that we should worry about (like keeping 
> things patched)?

Or, to put it more directly, why do we need a cert? Are there some plans
in the works to use SSL? When we were talking about accepting dues
payments online, all I remember talking about was Paypal.

jed
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