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« A question of definitions  
bedelman
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"definitions" -- but see 180's current practices

Reidster, it's all well and good to defend the need for definitions and standards. Who can argue with that?

But the problems here don't step from COAST's creation of definitions and standards.

Some of the problems:

1) Certifying a known bad actor, that has been documented to profit from a number of deceptive installation methods. See e.g. my web site showing installation through security holes ( »www.benedelman.org/news/111804-1.html )

2) Accepting payment for such certification.

3) Issuing certification, and allowing such certificiation to be publicized, even before improved/reformed procedures begin to be implemented, such that the public (and even COAST members) have slim to no basis on which to assess the correctness of the certification.

(Special notes on my web site: It's down, at present, due to a major DDoS attack. Will be back up tomorrow, I hope/expect.)
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