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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 08:56, Richard Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think FireFox plugin XPI need to be signed, this is the usage.

Those are signed with a specific Mozilla-owned authority, which is
independent of the root program.  XPI signing does not rely on the
code signing trust bit.

>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>
>>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 20:53, Gervase Markham <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 24/09/15 02:58, Peter Kurrasch wrote:
>>> I suppose my comment was not as clear as I intended but, yes, I think
>>> Mozilla's commitment to openness is a reason to keep the code sign bit
>>> and continue to review CA inclusion requests for their code signing
>>> roots. I'm not aware of another organization who is in a similar
>>> position as Mozilla with a similar commitment to openness who could
>>> carry this work forward if the decision is made to remove the code
>>> signing trust bit.
>>
>> But that argument carries very little weight if no-one actually pays
>> attention to our code-signing trust bit. Does anyone?
>>
>> If it's not useful to anyone, why keep it?
>>
>> Gerv
>>
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