* Posts by scoobie

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If it's not cloud, GTFO: Sage flogs payments business to US firm Elavon for £230m

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Protx

and not a mention of Protx, which is sad......

NASA boffins show Moon water supply could – er, this can't be right? – come from the Sun

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Re: The numbers

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JE005805

Go full SHA-256 by June or get locked out, say payments bods Bacs

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Very good for live systems. But why on earth do companies like the payment processors insist on the highest levels of certificates for testing and development purposes? It just imposes additional development costs.....

SNAFU: Blighty's judges not trustworthy, says their own website

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SSL Check

Same sort of thing when you try to logon to the aged if.com with Firefox.

https://my.if.com/Security/Auth/Logon

Surprising that a bank seems to fail every SSL vulnerability known to man.......

Not a loyal follower of @BritishMonarchy? You missed The QUEEN*'s first Tweet

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The first spam

Queen Elizabeth also sent a message, unsolicited, to all ARPANET users in 1976. She could be the first ever spammer too. http://www.wired.com/2012/12/queen-and-the-internet/