[2613] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: safety of SSL 2?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Thu Apr 30 12:59:57 1998
In-Reply-To: <v03102801b16d1993710f@[209.75.197.18]>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 20:45:35 -0700
To: Lance Cottrell <loki@infonex.com>, John R Levine <johnl@iecc.com>,
"Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr@nfr.net>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
At 11:00 AM -0700 4/29/98, Lance Cottrell wrote:
>In summery, credit cards are a terrible payment system for on-line
>transactions for intangible goods and services. Unfortunately they are the
>one that almost all users prefer at this time.
True, but their preference is probably as much a product of availablity as
comfort. Until alternative means, especially those which offer significant
advantages perceived by consumers, are available and accepted this is
unlikely to change. One obvious advantage is privacy, which is poorly
served by mainstream financial instruments.
--Steve
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