At 4:04 PM -0800 11/22/01, William X Walsh wrote: >Thursday, Thursday, November 22, 2001, 1:57:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> 2. Entrust moves to Dun and Bradstreet verification >> ------------------- >> Entrust, our Web Certificate supplier, apologizes for >> recent verification problems that have been reported. >> Entrust has recently modified its verification practices >> by engaging Dun & Bradstreet for the purposes of >> verification of identity. Ultimately this will result in >> improved verification times and a more customer-friendly >> process. However, this switch-over has caused some >> near-term disruptions to the service levels that you had >> come to expect. Faced with an onslaught of discontent, >> Entrust has investigated the problem, have taken back much >> of the verification internally, will be attempting to >> manage the hand-off process in such a way that service >> levels will be maintained and ultimately improve, and >> apologize for the recent troubles. Please let your >> friendly Tucows sales or customer service rep know if you >> have any problems as we will be monitoring this situation >> closely. It should also be noted that beyond Entrust's >> internal changes Tucows is also working with Entrust >> specifically to make changes to the verification process for >> our certificates. This effort will also be geared toward >> efficient, hassle-free issuing of the SSL certificates. > >Does this mean that Entrust is now requiring that all certificate >holders must be registered with D&B to get a certificate? > >(I'll hold off on commenting further awaiting that clarification)
And what does that mean for non-businesses who want certs? D -- +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
