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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by cutler on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:53AM (#22401984)
How is the network layer open when legit SMTP servers with proper SPF records are blacklisted by Google and Microsoft with no accountability. The internet is owned by these organisations. It's a fait accompli. It's only a matter of time before sites not hosted on cloud platforms become blacklisted due to the pitfalls of self-hosted certification. Jeeezus.
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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by Reelin on Monday February 24, 2020 @02:42AM (#22402337)
Refusal of large email providers to properly federate is certainly frustrating, but I was actually referring to the network layer in the OSI model. So long as the raw IP traffic isn't subject to broad and pervasive restrictions by the authorities, new software stacks can be freely invented and used on a worldwide basis (IPFS, for example).

(Speaking of other software stacks, a few Gopher servers remain online today [1] and there's even a DECnet in operation! [2])

[1] http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw?gopher/0/v2/vstat

[2] http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html

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