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>
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: External links & archives
>> Local Time: 2 February 2017 12:43 PM
>> UTC Time: 2 February 2017 12:43
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> 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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