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Thursday, May 22, 2008
You Thawte what?
We live is such a litigious world my mind has gone that way for better or worse.
Thawte is a company that sells secure certificates. They are, according to their site, owned and operated by Verisign, Inc.
We get our secure certificates from this group because, “thawte - its a trust thing” is their motto. Okay, that’s not why, but it is an important thing to remember as you read the rest of this entry.
I was on their site purchasing a certificate. There was a “must read” agreement. You know the ones, you never read them, you just click saying that you have. Well, I read mine.
All the way down at the bottom there was a phrase I was not only unaware of the meaning, but my limited law understanding told my gut that things were just not right.
So, I ask you, faithful reader, what does “Third Party Beneficiary Rights” mean?
Not knowing, I looked them up. I started with the easy and put the phrase in Google. Thie first thing it sent me to was Wikipedia… well, okay, lets see what they say.
Okay, so this third party benefits from the contract even though they are not a part of the agreement. The question is what benefits would the 3rd party get?
The contract is basically:
I promise I will use the certificate on one web ssl server, that I am a legitimate representation of the organization that I claim to be, and that I will pay for the certificate. I also promise that if they revoke my certificate, I will remove it from all appliances. I also make some promises of what I won’t do. I promise I won’t use the certificate:
(i) for or on behalf of any other organization;
(ii) to perform private or public key operations in connection with any domain and/or organization name other than the one you submitted on your Certificate Application;
(iii) on more than one physical server or Device at a time, unless you have purchased additional licenses that permit the use of a Certificate on multiple Devices (“Licensing Option”);
(iv) for use as control equipment in hazardous circumstances or for uses requiring fail-safe performance such as the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control systems, or weapons control systems, where failure could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe environmental damage. If you have selected the Licensing Option, you acknowledge and agree that this option can result in increased security risks to your network and that Thawte expressly disclaims any liability for breaches of security that result from the distribution of a single key across multiple devices.
Thawte promises that
They have investigated the requester to some level (depending on the certificate) and that to that level they are who they say they are. If things change, they will reissue me a certificate reflecting the change. Additionally, they promise that they have not introduced errors into the certificate.
There are 26 sections and each section has zero or more sub-section. Each section/subsection is at least one paragraph. Total it is eight pages.
Finally, we get to paragraph 26 which states....
What the heck?? What does Microsoft have to gain from this agreement? How are they a beneficiary? How do they have rights? How are they a beneficiary of the obligations contained in this agreement???
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Final grade in one class
Well, I took networking and database management this past term at University of Phoenix. I’ve gotten my grade for the database class.
I guess that means I did all right. Now waiting to for the networking class. Going in to the last week I had a 96.7% (yeah, kinda funny that I would be lower in Networking than in databases). However 24% of the grade is scored the last week. So, I could have a 76% or a 97.4% or anywhere in between.
I guess I’ll know in the next day or two.
Taking these two classes during this time in my life was exceedingly difficult. First, there was a lot of work. Second, my groups were less than ideal. Third, there were a number of outside inconveniences including Pascha and a job related trip to Florida.
I am a little nervous about my networking grade. I would hate to lose my 4.0.
Ah well, time will tell, and now I am in my next to last class - IT Risk Management. Should be a fun class. After last term, it should be much easier and much less stressful. P
Comments:
Matsu on 05/15 at 04:04 AM said:
You wrote, “...my groups were less than ideal” about the two classes you just completed. WOW! Was that ever a challenge when I got my degree from UoP online.
There were some unbelievable free-loaders in the program and they got credit for just being thrown into a group, whether they did anything (and most did nothing) or not. But, I wasn’t willing to take a low grade because of them, so the students who cared about their grades and doing good work ended up carrying the work load of the students who didn’t care and didn’t do hardly any work. I guess that’s the nature of group projects.
Congrats on your high scores, especially deserved given the circumstances you were under when you earned them.
Moose on 05/15 at 10:00 AM said:
Matsu,
Thank you. You know… I remember the same issues at Asbury. I don’t think this is a UoP issue, per se, but a group dynamic issue as you have stated.
Part of the problem with me is that by doubling up on classes I change groups. I’ve done this a couple times, so I am with people at the latter stages of the degree that I have no clue about.
Additionally, everybody else in the class does have a clue about and has requested to either not be in certain people’s groups or have requested to be in other groups. Thus, you end up with the strong students working together, and schmucks like me being stuck with the free-loaders, as you called them.
This is the price I pay for finishing a 14 month Masters in less than a year I guess.
Again, thanks for the congrats and for reading my blog.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Network Solutions having issues….
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
The hardest Class in my University of Phoenix Master’s Career
Comments:
Matsu on 04/04 at 04:35 AM said:
Dave, I’m beginning to detect a pattern with your grades. The pattern is still a little fuzzy, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out, soon.
Okay, I’ll say it.... Good job!
Moose on 04/04 at 08:54 AM said:
Matsu,
I am glad that the pattern that is emerging is one that elicits “Good job!” 
I feel that my resume has three holes, and I am trying to fill them all in.
1) No technical degree
2) Fairly bad grades in my Bachelor’s
3) No Masters
So, a 4.0 on a technical Masters takes care of each of these issues.
I started this 14 month masters on 8/21/07. So, had I followed their plan, worked on classes full time with no breaks, I would have finished around the first week of November, 2008. (2 weeks off at Christmas.)
However, I doubled up on Systems Analysis and Programming Concepts and am now doubled up on Database Concepts and Networking Concepts I have moved that forward 12 weeks. I am considering doubling up on Risk Management and Strategic Planning. If I do, I would finish 6/23/08 - so 10 months for a 14 month degree (while maintaining a 4.0). If I do not double up on the last two, i’ll finish 8/4/08, which is 11 months - still, I think, an impressive feat.
Oh, and Matsu, thank you for noticing.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Okay, i’ve done it and you probably have too, but when google does it…
Gmail… locked up…
“Still working....” it says at the top.
“Unable to reach Gmail. Please check your internet connection.”
I like that. It makes me think it is MY fault that I can’t reach the great goog.
well, I can post this, so my internet must be working.
“And we’re back...”
It now says.
I guess they are…
Nope, gone again.
Oh, back again.
Hmm… bad day to be goog. I guess someone needs to go back in time and send them an e-mail that they are having problems.
