A small selection from a long list of unqualified domains to which SSL certificates have been issued (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a report issued this week, online watchdog group the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that  certificate authorities are issuing SSL certificates for unqualified domains in large numbers, a practice that the report’s author Chris Palmer says could impact the integrity of the whole SSL system, and puts Internet users at increased risk of attack. Certificate authorities, says Palmer, are only supposed to issue certificates for public names – that is, for fully-qualified domains that reference a specific machine.

A small selection from a long list of unqualified domains to which SSL certificates have been issued (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In a report issued this week, online watchdog group the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that  certificate authorities are issuing SSL certificates for unqualified domains in large numbers, a practice that the report’s author Chris Palmer says could impact the integrity of the whole SSL system, and puts Internet users at increased risk of attack. Certificate authorities, says Palmer, are only supposed to issue certificates for public names – that is, for fully-qualified domains that reference a specific machine. Palmer’s research into data in the EFF’s “SSL Observatory” uncovered large numbers of certificates signed by CAs for domains typically used as internal-network shorthand, such as “mail,” “wiki,” or “intranet.” “In the Observatory we have discovered many examples of CA-signed certificates unqualified domain names,” he writes.

It’s Tuesday, and that means it’s time for another Brad Feld’s Amazing Deal . I can’t help myself – it feels so satisfying to be a deal huckster.

SpamExperts CTO Dreas van Donselaar (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- SpamExperts ( www.spamexperts.com ) CTO Dreas van Donselaar delivered the first session of the afternoon, which featured the comical title “Why nerds tend to receive the most spam and how to fix that”. He started the presentation by showing photos of convicted spammers and their wealthy houses and incomes. SpamExperts, as Donselaar explained, focuses on the ISP and hosting industry

SpamExperts CTO Dreas van Donselaar (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- SpamExperts ( www.spamexperts.com ) CTO Dreas van Donselaar delivered the first session of the afternoon, which featured the comical title “Why nerds tend to receive the most spam and how to fix that”. He started the presentation by showing photos of convicted spammers and their wealthy houses and incomes.

Jennifer Sullivan, vice president of marketing at Nasuni (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud storage provider Nasuni ( www.nasuni.com ) announced on Monday it has appointed Jennifer Sullivan the company’s vice president of marketing.

An image of Matt Stansberry, director of content and publications at Uptime Institute (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center research organization Uptime Institute ( www.uptimeinstitute.org ) announced on Thursday it has named senior technology editor Matt Stansberry as the organization’s director of content and publications. He will focus on the development of research-driven publications and programming by tapping into the Institute’s expert leadership, the Site Uptime Networks, and industry-at-large