Netflix (re-)inventing encryption.
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Continuing the discussion from Advanced Time Management:
In the news today, Netflix invents its own encryption scheme over port 80.
http://techblog.netflix.com/2014/10/message-security-layer-modern-take-on.html
One of the largest problems with HTTPS is the PKI infrastructure.
Yup. A large problem is definitely the Public Key Infrastructure infrastructure.
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Yup. A large problem is definitely the Public Key Infrastructure infrastructure.
You might need to award yourself a pedantry badge.
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no. he's not allowed to do that anymore. we've got to ask @boomzilla to do that
unless i have the permissions levels needed to do that wrong?
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Wait, hold on. Is @PJH no longer a moderator?
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nooo. @boomzilla is now so @pjh can't self award badges anymore
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Why aren't they both moderators?
@PJH, explain.
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unless i have the permissions levels needed to do that wrong?
Mods can award badges, yup.
@PJH, explain.
I'm still admin.
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@pjh is admin, @boomzilla is moderator (last i checked)
and i was trying to do a funny. it apparently failed.
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They changed it a while back so only moderators show the shield thingy. Admins are thus able to sneak up on you easier. That's probably not the actual reason.
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i thought the shield was optional to display so you could have a lurking mod?
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i thought the shield was optional to display so you could have a lurking mod?
No - it's always there. Unless
article[data-user-id="20"] .username i { display: none; }
cf: http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/netflix-re-inventing-encryption/4666?preview-style=default
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ok.... that made me laugh. you hid your badge via CSS!
here, you earned this:
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They changed it a while back so only moderators show the shield thingy. Admins are thus able to sneak up on you easier. That's probably not the actual reason.
https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-section-user-list-same-icon-for-admins-moderators/19386/10?u=pjh
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@pjh is admin, @boomzilla is moderator (last i checked)
and i was trying to do a funny. it apparently failed.
I got it!
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And he replaced it with an entirely different icon in the meantime.
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because @pjh is just that epic.
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nobody really needs to know the difference between admin and moderator
wut.
Oh apparently cross-discourse quoting is broken.
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:effort: