[ciphershed] Re: Signed System Driver
- From: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ciphershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 22:40:38 -0400
This is my fault. I misread what he was offering. Sorry!
Bill
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Jason Pyeron <jpyeron@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Pyeron
> > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 16:31
> >
> > > From: "Alain Forget"
> > > Subject: [ciphershed] Re: Signed System Driver
> > > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:12:44 -0400
> > >
> > > Once we finish with the re-branding, this is something to
> > > look into. I suppose this would be something to add to the
> > > forums, on a post-rebranding todo list?
> > >
> >
> > When I get to work on Monday we can look into helping on the
> > signing certificate issuance. We would be glad to help.
>
> To clarify, incase there was a misread of the above.
>
> We would like to help, if needed, in obtaining:
>
> 1. a code signing certificate, from a generally trusted CA.
> 2. a ssl web server certificate for ciphershed.org, from a generally
> trusted CA.
>
> >
> > > Alain
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ciphershed-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:ciphershed-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen
> > > R Guglielmo
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2014 13:07
> > > To: ciphershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ciphershed] Re: Signed System Driver
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Alain Forget
> > <aforget@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Yeah, something like that. But boy, even short ones like
> > > that are painful to read. So maybe in addition to whatever
> > > license we provide, I would recommend that at the top (or
> > > somewhere very obvious and prominent), we could have some
> > > kind plain English statement, such as:
> > > >
> > > > "While we, [the developers of CipherShed || CipherShed
> > > LLP], do our best to ensure our software is free of bugs and
> > > malicious code, no one can make such a guarantee with
> > > absolute certainty. While we have confidence in our software,
> > > be aware that you use this software at your own risk."
> > > >
> > > > While I really hate "use at your own risk" statements
> > > (because damn, they can be really scary to an end-user), I
> > > definitely think we need to have some kind of clear, simple,
> > > short, plain English statement saying something like
> > > that...because no one reads EULAs, and I hope we can do
> > > better to help users understand the possible risks (while
> > > appropriately covering our own asses).
> > > >
> > > > Alain
> > >
> > > If I recall correctly (I may be wrong...), doesn't the TrueCrypt
> > > software have a prompt that informs the user about that stuff at the
> > > end of the installer? I don't remember the wording or
> > anything, but I
> > > do remember something popping up.
>
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