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> > > -------- 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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[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> >