The following is the response (unedited, the typos are their own) by Web of Trust to Secure Surfing Organization’s complaint about their “we’re not responsible” reputation rating system. Below it you will find the original message we submitted and you can find our full assessment in the immediately previous SSO Report.
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Sorry for [...]
Don’t mistake this discussion as related to “man in the middle” attacks.
Middle man protection describes having a middle man act as your agent in some kind of transaction.
In effect when you subscribe to Anonymizer or Tor you are making use of a middle man for your internet connection. Their anonymous servers sit between you and [...]
Throughout the Secure Surfing Organization sites we urge people not to use their real email addresses when signing up for “free” online services. This is particularly important when your email address contains your family name or another piece of uniquely identifying information.
The importance of this advice came home for one Secure Surfing member when she [...]
What is a “domain name” and why is it an identity issue or a reputation protection concern?
A domain name is what most people call a “web address.” It is the name-dot-extension such as securesurfing.net that not only serves as web page addresses but also forms the root of e-mail addresses, ftp services and so on.
It [...]Others in this Group Why are domain names reputation issues? (This post) – July 18, 2009Registration Privacy for Domain Names – August 1, 2009
Audience: This report is useful if you have decided to do-it-yourself, directly registering your own domain name and need to learn how to identity an available domain name to register. If you are using a web services agency like Walking Dolphins Consultancy the article will be only of interest.
There are many ways to discover if [...]Others in this GroupAbout Your Own Web Address – July 26, 2009Choose a Safe Web Browser – June 28, 2009Choosing a host for your web site – August 8, 2009How to Join stuff online – July 25, 2009How to Research a domain name (This post) – July 10, 2009How to handle cookies – August 22, 2009How to transfer a domain away from 1&1 – …Read the rest – How to Research a domain name
Obtaining a domain name
Audience: This report is useful if you have decided to do-it-yourself, directly registering your own domain. If you are using a web services agency like Walking Dolphins Consultancy the article will be only of interest.
There are several steps to complete to purchase your own domain name. You can do it yourself (DIY) [...]Others in this GroupAbout Your Own Web Address – July 26, 2009Choose a Safe Web Browser – June 28, 2009Choosing a host for your web site – August 8, 2009How to Join stuff online – July 25, 2009How to Research a domain name – July 10, 2009How to handle cookies – August 22, 2009How to transfer a domain away from 1&1 – September …Read the rest – Obtaining a domain name
Via Walking Dolphins
