OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign • Hacker News Board

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by protomyth » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:46 PM UTC

dullgiulio wrote: post #10

protomyth wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The PayPal links are https

Doesn't matter. Nothing can be trusted on a plain HTTP page. It's quite inexcusable today that setting up a certificate is such an inexpensive and easy thing with Let's Encrypt.

The parent made it sound like the PayPal links were also http

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by chrisvalleybay » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 8:47 PM UTC

Remember that OpenBSD also represents OpenSSH, which so many of us use every day.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by f4rker » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

dullgiulio wrote: post #10

protomyth wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The PayPal links are https

Doesn't matter. Nothing can be trusted on a plain HTTP page. It's quite inexcusable today that setting up a certificate is such an inexpensive and easy thing with Let's Encrypt.

You must have a lot of free time. Serving such a trivial page over http means little - but to you is apparently the whole world.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by sigjuice » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:33 PM UTC

jwilk wrote: post #7

dheelus wrote: post #6

Well, I want to donate but I don't want to use PayPal. And US banks charge an arm and a leg for wire transfers. Is there a way I can simply mail them a check?

http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html reads: Donations may be made by cheque in CAD/EUR/USD funds to: The OpenBSD Foundation 8101 160 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5R 2G9

Why should I mail money to an address written on an http site?

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by dijit » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

I put a recurring $50 donation when the freeBSD controversy came and went.

I hope its useful, not sure what they use the money for.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by insaneirish » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:38 PM UTC

Their continued unwillingness to create a US 501(c)(3) entity to receive donations from US donors means that they will continue to lose out on a significant number of potential donations.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by gsich » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:39 PM UTC

sigjuice wrote: post #14

jwilk wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html reads: Donations may be made by cheque in CAD/EUR/USD funds to: The OpenBSD Foundation 8101 160 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5R 2G9

Why should I mail money to an address written on an http site?

same address here. Unlikely someone tampered it.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by cypher303 » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 9:52 PM UTC

dullgiulio wrote: post #10

protomyth wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The PayPal links are https

Doesn't matter. Nothing can be trusted on a plain HTTP page. It's quite inexcusable today that setting up a certificate is such an inexpensive and easy thing with Let's Encrypt.

Agreed. What world are people living in when they present payment links on an insecure page in 2018? Um, no dude. I'm not going to click on your link now, nor will I ever. Byyye.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by dang » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 10:08 PM UTC

jwilk wrote: post #5

It's "OpenBSD", not "Open BSD". Please use the original title: The OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

Action taken. No spaces in the wrong places in these parts.

Re: OpenBSD Foundation 2018 Fundraising Campaign

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Post by aomix » Tue, Mar 20, 2018, 11:32 PM UTC

I appreciate OpenBSD. Among other things their focus on making APIs that are impossible to misuse and hacking down the scope of a problem to the bone result in a lot of interesting products. Basically if you have to consult anything beyond the man page for their stuff they've failed. Given those restrictions they tackle big problems with good results.