[Phys-l] tonight's nova on the neutrino

["frank cange" <cangefrank@hotmail.com>]

Dear COlleagues:
  If anyone on the PHYS-L listserv made a copy of the NOVA program on 
tonight (2/21) on the neutrino could you make a copy for me on a vhs or 
could I send you a blank to copy one for me.  My vcr didn't work properly 
and I missed it. Thanks in advance, I'll pay for the VHS tape and mailing. 
My address is:
Frank Cange
205 berkshire dr
belleville,il 62223


> From: "Mark O. Kimball" <mok2@enthalpy.physics.buffalo.edu>
> Reply-To: PHYS-L Maillist <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
> To: "PHYS-L Maillist" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] PHYS-L Website certified by an unknown authority
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:06:54 -0500 (EST)
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I am surprised that the PHYS-L site is not certified by Verisign or some
> > similar authority. While I would not under any circumstances include in
> > PHYS-L correspondence personal information, I still find it troubling
> > that the certificate is issued by the host machine of PHYS-L rather than
> > an external authority. I am not at all an expert on computer security,
> > but when my browser tells me that it has no guarantee that a site is
> > genuine, I am strongly inclined to avoid that site. Should I be 
> concerned
> >  about this?
>
> Someone please correct me if I am wrong:
>
> The original list hosted by NAU did not use encrypted communication (at
> least not to the archives) so the validity of the identity of the server
> was not an issue for that list.
>
> Does the list need a trusted authority? It is open to anyone wishing to
> join and does allow public viewing of the archives. There is no real need
> for secure access to the archives. However, a secure communication with
> the pages used to modify an individual's settings is desirable.
>
> VeriSign states a certificate, valid for one year, costs $349. Since
> Phys-l has a budget of $0 (unless I am severely misinformed), and is run
> by volunteers, this cost would be out-of-pocket.
>
> It was my decision to use the https:// port exclusively so all
> communication is encrypted (I tend to do this when possible). I could
> simply allow most traffic to use the insecure http:// port and only pipe
> communication with the membership modification pages through https://.
>
> Is this what the list wants? Even if the access is changed depending upon
> which pages are viewed, this does not get around the untrusted authority
> issue for the secure membership modification pages.
>
> Thoughts? Comments?
>
> Mark
> --
> Mark O. Kimball
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