> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001009/bs/att_dc_1.html > http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/10/09/technology/att/ > > This is so lame, I can't believe it! I'm having trouble believing it too... I really want to know how the mechanics of this thing would work. it stinks a bit like the 'e-mail tax' hoax. how would they charge merchants? per-SSL'ed packet that went across their network? per packet period? how would they know where to bill a merchant; would they only bill merchants who colo/vhost in their facilities? (which would drive people away from them *really* fast) trying to track down the billing address of "Bob & Martha's Bait, Bobbers, & Bullets" to charge them 50 cents for the $10 of buisness they did, seems like a waste of effort. Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org