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nice post (didn't know about dns serial nos). but why does it have to be a humorous phrase (as timestamp)? couldn't it be a site that generates a random nonce
by andrewcooke 14y ago
nice post (didn't know about dns serial nos). but why does it have to be a humorous phrase (as timestamp)? couldn't it be a site that generates a random nonce every day (and provides a service that compares two nonces)?
- rachelbythebay 14y agoI guess it doesn't have to be humorous to be useful. I'd just like to have them be quirky enough to be appreciated by users. Just think of the first time your favorite site changed its appearance for a special holiday or similar. It gives you some idea there are people involved and it's not just a bunch of robots flinging bits around.
- andrewcooke 14y agohttp://colorlessgreen.net/ http://colorlessgreen.net/
- j_s 14y agoAuthenticode uses timestamp servers. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2011/03/22/authenticode-code-signing-for-developers-for-file-downloads-building-smartscreen-application-reputation.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2011/03/22/authe... > Time-stamping adds a cryptographically-verifiable timestamp to your > signature, proving when the code was signed. [...] not all publisher > certificates are enabled to permit timestamping to provide indefinite > lifetime [...] to free a Certificate Authority from the burden of > maintaining Revocation lists (CRL, OCSP) in perpetuity.