"Julian H. Stacey" <j...@berklix.com> wrote: > > > I do wonder about that. What incentive does the possesor of a signing key > > have to keep it secret? > > Contract penalty clause maybe ? Lawyers ?
Contract with _whom_? The party you pay money to -- Verisign -- simply certifies that the party buying the certificate/signing-key -is- who they claim to be. It is *entirely* up to the owner of that certificate/signing-key -who- they allow to use it. If someone/anyone attempts to 'revoke' that certificate/key _other_ than at the request of the owner of that certificate/key, *THAT* party is subject to legal sanctions. Among other things, 'false persona', 'tortuous inter- ference in a business relationship', just to name a few. There is, however, an 'interesting' legal question -- *if* a party were to let 'anybody' use their certificate/key, what is the certificat/key owner's legal liability if someone uses that key to sign malware? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"