Check out www.freecert.org -- it was a project that was started because of this exact purpose.
>From what I understand, it never really got off the ground. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Kennedy Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:49 PM To: Bizops List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Thawte [snip] Frankly, the thing that amazes me most about this is that nobody has raised a stink before. Or at least, one stinky or pervasive enough that I've read about. Certainly nothing that 99% of the browser-using public is remotely aware of. Why does nobody seem to care; do the millions of https-based secure web site operators in the world not have a collective voice large enough? I suppose it's easier just to fork over the cash? Given that https has been around for I-don't-know-how-long, why is there no Free solution to this problem? Certainly there is no technical limitation here, only politico-economic. -ben
