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Re: My First Cool Idea

Dave — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:47:38 -0000

If every "first" visit became a multiple query interrogation of the servers used to host the sites (versions, redirection testing, etc) before a host made a connection, you'd be wildly unpopular instantly I suspect. If you think the dig effect is specular today, you'll have seen nothing yet. This would essentially bring every new site under attack the first time it was popular.

If you're a believer in a score based system, my guess is that only the escrow/trust system scales. Everyone doing it on their own simply doesn't scale.

Re: My First Cool Idea

CarlM — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:36:36 -0000

Well, a couple of things occur to me.

(1) The site that serves up the ratings better be pretty darn secure.

(2) It better not be possible for another site to pretend that it is the ratings-serving site.

(3) If this worked for a while people might get complacent about net security so that when it was finally broken it might be a REAL mess.

... just thoughts .. (I don't think that (3) is as serious as (1) and (2).)