beltzner wrote:

> Well, that and brand loyalty. I think we need to make the CAs more
> publically accountable for their assertions and actions. Those CAs
> that aren't holding up to their end of the EV bargain should be either
> stripped of their ability to issue EV certs, or suffer brand
> affiliation consequences.

I don't think brand suffering is a big enough of a threat to some
companies to keep them honest, take all the problems Sony has been
involved with last year and they didn't suffer noticibly.

I don't know what the liability should be, but a flat rate fee isn't the
answer either, some kind of liability based on income would be the best
way to handle things since a rich company won't be "hurt" as much as a
small company kind of thing.

> Sure. Which is why we're at $10 certs. The market decided that the CAs
> weren't offering a service, and so they devalued the cost of that
> service. I don't think such devaluation was a CA-inspired conspiracy!
> :)

I didn't mean it was any kind of conspiracy, just the market self
balancing to an extent.

> I'm not familiar with CACert or the "runaround" that you're

In this case I didn't mean to imply anything about CAcert.

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