good news for us non-geeks! Thanks James.
SP
On 2017-02-15 14:26, James Gannon wrote:
>
> Being very honest, this is not a question we should be spending time
> on in my opinion, Proofpoint is used by millions of users and
> thousands of companies and governments, we wont change anything on
> their side and ICANNS use of it is a good thing for security.
>
> -James
>
> *From:*NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
> Of *Stephanie Perrin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2017 5:51 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: External links & archives
>
> Great. and if Proof point gets bought and killed, my next question is
> then what?
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> On 2017-02-15 12:23, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>
> Greetings, all-
>
> I have received a message from ICANN staff regarding the lifespan
> of access to masked hyperlinks. I have copied and pasted their
> response verbatim:
>
> /hi - i heard back from the security team - Great question!There
> is a long answer and a short answer.In short, the links will
> always work as long as Proofpoint is still a company J.The long
> answer is once the URL is re-written it will always be re-written.
> For example, if you forward an email to another company that does
> not own proofpoint but that email you sent has a proofpoint
> re-written link, they can still open it. It will always re-direct
> to the proofpoint servers and then to the final destination. If
> for some reason you leave proofpoint, those links will still work
> just so long as Proofpoint is still a company.Hope this answers
> your question!/
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
>
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>
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> Subject: External links & archives
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> Local Time: 2 February 2017 12:43 PM
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> I really dislike this masking of hyperlinks when we receive an
> email from ICANN staff now. When I read email archives, I
> can't see the real URL to ascertain at a glance what I am
> really clicking on, and must trust it will take me to the
> ICANN website. I rarely click on every hyperlink in an email,
> as I can see from the URL whether it is an announcement, a
> PDF, taking me to the wiki, or somewhere else. Now I am often
> left to click all the links to try to find the relevant
> material. This is a but a small inconvenience, and not my
> biggest concern. What I worry about is how we archive these
> links. In five or ten years time, will
> "urldefense.proofpoint.com" plus the string of 200 or so
> random characters still redirect to the linked content? We
> don't need these third party redirects, it does not make us
> any safer, and it feels very much us vs. them. Is it possible
> that we can get some meaningful assurances from ICANN staff
> that these masked links will redirect to the correct URLs in
> perpetuity? Thanks
>
> Ayden Férdeline
>
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
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