I don't... This point has already been discussed in this mailing list. The
result is this: you can't trust a CA that delivers a certificate whatever
the informations you provide...
A CA is not only a technical piece of software to which you send a
request and from which you get a properly formatted certificate.
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Tariq Habib wrote:
> I fully support your point of view.
>
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> > Subject: Verisign
> >
> > I just found out that Verising has aquired NSI. A short while back they
> > aquired Thawte .
> >
> > I think some of us should be looking into ways to get certs from a "real"
> > competitor to Verisign recognized by IE and Netscape.
> >
> > I know that netscape allows easy importation of a cert and that IE is a
> > bit of a bugger - but for the vast majority of the great unwashed public
> > they need a "clean" simple and brain-dead solution or they will continue
> > to go with the flow.
> >
> > Consentration of economic power like we see in Verisign at this point is
> > NEVER healthy - or am I overreacting?
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