From cjc@novell.com Mon Aug 19 23:28:53 1996 Received: from novell.com (nj-ums.fpk.novell.com [147.2.128.54]) by suburbia.net (8.7.4/Proff-950810) with SMTP id XAA26638 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:28:31 +1000 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:28:31 +1000 From: cjc@novell.com Message-Id: <199608191328.XAA26638@suburbia.net> Received: from INET-NJ-Message_Server by novell.com with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:28:01 -0400 >From cjc Mon Aug 19 09:18 EDT 1996 remote from fpk Content-Length: 760 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:15:00 -0400 From: Chris Calabrese To: best-of-security@suburbia.net Subject: Re: BoS: 128-bit Netscape registration > While trying to download the 128-bit high-security version of Netscape, > there was a notice about how they try to verify that you are a US Resident. > Apparently they pass on the information you entered to another service and > presumably if you don't show up you don't get to download the software. > > That service is: http://www.lookupusa.com/lookupusa/ada/ada.htm > [[ SHORTC~1.URL : 4620 in SHORTC~1.URL ]] Hmm, that is interesting. Neither me nor my wife were listed. However, it was trivial to find people who were listed, so a foreigner trying to download the 128-bit version of NetScape could build a fake profile pretty easily... -- Christopher J. Calabrese Security Architect Novell Information Services and Technology cjc@novell.com