[thelist] SSL Question

M. Seyon evoltlist at delime.com
Mon Apr 18 08:58:52 CDT 2005


Message from Hershel Robinson (4/18/2005 05:18 AM)

> > I think people would more respect you being transparent (just tell
> > them in small letters under the link that they will be redirected to
> > a secure site)
> > as opposed to trying to hide the partner site via a frameset...
>
>and:
>
> > Don't mask anything if you want to look serious and secure...
>
>and:
>
> > Not a great idea to hide something if it's legitimate.  Just let the
> > user know what's happening, either before they click the
> > link, or on the
> > donations page.
>
>Do you really think that the average user is aware that the URL is being
>masked?
>
>My point is that this person knows more about internet technology (I think)
>than the average layman and she wasn't even aware that the actual URL was
>being masked.

I don't think it's the average layman you need to worry about. It's the 
conspiracy theorist with just enough knowledge to be deadly. The one who 
realises that you're masking a url that involves receiving credit cards and 
starts bleating about it to the otherwise uninformed average laymen.

regards.
-marc

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