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Subject: Re: Comcast actively interferes with Bittorrent andother file-sharing programs...
From: "Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:45:08 +0200
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There are several self signed websites out there that instruct the user to do exactly this.

This is usually not malice, just people who do not understand SSL, create a self signed CA, and then instruct all users to install that CA.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tue 23.10.2007 01:10
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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Comcast actively interferes with Bittorrent andother file-sharing programs...

Lukas Beeler wrote:

You're correct. But if the Comcast software installs an additional root
certificate on your PC, everything would work seamlessly.

True ... but I suspect that comcast would be out business long before
this became a problem.

david

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