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Skybird · 05-07-13, 07:31 AM

FSUIPC used to ask for the software certificate, always. The company supplying that security service - the verification of the certificate - has problems with malware being transported under the hood of that verification code being exchanged, meaning that hackers use that verification process to sneak into your system. So FSUIPC could invite malware while being verified next time you start the simulator. The new FSUIPC just has been stripped of the certification software, and doe snot require that verification anymore. It runs without sending invitations for malware smuggled in.

The security issues seems to be big enough that the author of FSUIPC - who has an interest in that certification, since FSUIPC earns him money if people want to fully unlock its potential via payware registration code - thinks his reputation still is better off if he abandons the certification alltogether now.

That's how I understood it by what Dowson said in his explanation.

05-07-13, 07:31 AM	#7
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,501 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	FSUIPC used to ask for the software certificate, always. The company supplying that security service - the verification of the certificate - has problems with malware being transported under the hood of that verification code being exchanged, meaning that hackers use that verification process to sneak into your system. So FSUIPC could invite malware while being verified next time you start the simulator. The new FSUIPC just has been stripped of the certification software, and doe snot require that verification anymore. It runs without sending invitations for malware smuggled in. The security issues seems to be big enough that the author of FSUIPC - who has an interest in that certification, since FSUIPC earns him money if people want to fully unlock its potential via payware registration code - thinks his reputation still is better off if he abandons the certification alltogether now. That's how I understood it by what Dowson said in his explanation. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.