Assuming Opensrs can provide the same security and level of support as
Verisign, i would imagine their are alot of people who would consider
switching. Perhaps contribute a % of profits to the open source community/
charitable orgs. or some kind of Net grant/investment fund.
swerve
> From: "adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 13:52:26 -0000
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Fwd: New Cert Authority - Are you listening OpenSRS?
>
> Hostmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> ...
>
> Well, they said a lot. And to be honest, I have to agree with most of it.
> Only this morning, when I received a cert for a client of mine, I mentioned
> to him about Verisign/NetSol/Thawte's virtual monopoly, which I personally
> find pretty scary. It's not just the fact that NetSol are involved - although
> it's a huge factor given the fraudulent billing they're *still* getting away
> with - but the fact that in effect one company is issuing 90% (or is it 95%,
> or even 99%?) of the server certs in the world. That's not just monopolistic,
> it's *dangerous*.
>
> And I have to say that I think OpenSRS are in - or would appear to be in - a
> good position to do something about it, and make a wedge of cash into the
> process. I don't necessarily agree with the notion that Tucows can just plonk
> their cert into the browsers they ship through their download mirrors, but
> don't they have enough grunt at this stage to get their cert installed in a
> proper manner?
>
> Scott, Charles, et al - you asked us recently, both here and in a survey if
> we would like to see value-added services introduced for RSP's. I don't agree
> with a lot - most in fact - of the suggestions, but this is something I back
> 100%. I'm making a commitment now - if Tucows can get a root certificate in
> the browsers and better Thawte on price - even by a small margin - I will
> start using Tucows as my CA as soon as it's technically feasible.
>
> That may sound like I'm hedging, but it's not an overnight thing - there's
> older browsers to think about too. But Tucows have the wherewithall to
> overcome that quickly - you advertise heavily already; getting users to
> upgrade their browsers would be easier for you that the freecerts project.
>
> But all this is just rhetoric without a comment from Tucows/OpenSRS. What say
> you?
>
> adam
>
