-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi
On Saturday 11 December 2010 at 7:55:25 PM, in <mid:4d03d72d.1000...@adversary.org>, Ben McGinnes wrote: > I don't really want to hijack my own thread, but I've > always been deeply suspicious of the obvious money grab > of the CA system of (mainly website) SSL certificates > and I think alternatives a worth exploring. A question on the subject of SSL/TLS certificates and HTTPS: often there is no user requirement to "authenticate" the identity of the server, but rather a simple requirement to prevent snooping; why does this need a certificate? - -- Best regards MFPA mailto:expires2...@ymail.com Versifiers write poems for it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQCVAwUBTQQHs6ipC46tDG5pAQqsMAQAr3tjhxAlkb9nwfoKlsPOD0HW5VKLo2y8 MV4MHNHAkyE+8d3ImvJY+bYuyQ8VB+NZNmOQ5ukPxbHypNCBwC+H99BoOnLCIqFt N9HiH1DE9iGwjkyXkOY7FiS2w+AcHrJ9oc1XPbgUMzlPSiKfgxUC2lf7Noq4E1DA Ii7jAEZV6YU= =KMe5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
