On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Alex Kells wrote:
> Ok, gotcha, but then, we are happy with Thawte and would be unlikely to
> start buying certificates from OpenSRS instead.
Unless they were 1/3rd of the price !!
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebWiz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 16:19
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Alex Kells
> Subject: Re: Fwd: New Cert Authority - Are you listening OpenSRS?
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>
> Yes, but you must resell a product from someone else; RSPs generally are not
> of sufficient size nor do they have the market presence necessary to become
> a Certifying Authority in their own right. If you've got to resell it,
> wouldn't it be nice to do it through OpenSRS?
>
> I think the point is that if OpenSRS were to pursue this, they would be
> competing with other providers, and *NOT* competing with their customers.
>
> Regards,
> Eric Longman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Kells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 11:12 AM
> Subject: RE: Fwd: New Cert Authority - Are you listening OpenSRS?
>
>
> Why are RSPs not able to offer secure certificates? We do that just fine
> via Thawte...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William X. Walsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 09:25
> To: Shifter
> Cc: OpenSRS Discuss
> Subject: Re: Fwd: New Cert Authority - Are you listening OpenSRS?
>
>
> Hello Shifter,
>
> Wednesday, November 22, 2000, 12:24:22 AM, you wrote:
>
> > In all the discussions about what *other* services we'd like to see
> > OpenSRS offer, ahem - or not offer, this would have to be the ONE
> > that I would like to see happen. Certificates. Not from Verisign.
> > Enough said.
>
> I agree.
>
> And before someone says this (I know you people too well by now), no
> my position is not in contradiction to my prior position on other
> services. This is a service that RSPs as a rule are not able to offer
> on their own, so it's not at all competing with the RSP's value added
> abilities.
>
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> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
