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> >> >> >