Should i post this as a 'New Feature Request' ? Or my explaining is too complex to understand...
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 7:39 PM, jpntiger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there an opportunity/interest to support a scientific, research and > non-profit communities to have MODE where the browser Trust extended > list of Certificate Authorities. ? > > Problem:- > not having the self signed Root Certificate Authority in the > browser, is a huge problem for Science and research communities. These > folks are not a small group of people; they spread across the world (i > think may be few in south pole too) and rely on distributed computing > resources for their daily work. The user experience with the browser > became terrible; it used to be a certificate popup asking for the user > to confirm; now the browsers are asking for adding an exception; and > some doesn't give any option at all, they just give you a dead page. > > Solution:- > proposed solution could be 'the browser can be run in different types > of MODES/PROFILES'. > - one mode could be FINANCE/MONEY mode where the browser only trusts > the set of certificates(i.e the list of Root CA certificates that are > now in the browser) > - other mode could be non FINANCE/MONEY mode where the browser has the > extended list of Root CA certificates which includes the previous list > plus the 'scientific/ community' Root CA certificates. The money > transactions are simply prohibited in this mode. Or when the money/ > fund transaction happens the browser automatically switches back to > the 'FINANCE' mode. I am not sure if the browser can detect these type > of transaction. > > Any one has a better solution? > > The Self Signed Root CA certificate distribution doesn't work; unless > it comes with the browser. So the Trusted Root CA certificates has to > come with the browser. > > > thanks > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
