As Eric has declared this subject as CLOSED. please take the discussion to [email protected]. There is an ongoing thread on the same subject with much more detail than has been presented here.
Bob, N7XY On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:36 AM, David Woolley (E.L) wrote: > > The older a certificate, the more likely the private key to have been > broken (both from a longer time to try and because technology advances > make it easier), or leaked, or that domain has been lost to someone > less > reputable, so certificates need to have time limits. > > Although it is true that the certificate structure has been monetised, > and that Microsoft bought out one of the main companies in the > certificate business, if there is any money going to Microsoft > here, it > is for inclusion of the certificate authority's root certificate in > the > browser/Windows, not for the individual certificates. > > This also applies to Authenticode, the digial signature infrastructure > for code, rather than web pages. Again you can pay your money to any > certifying authority, not just, the now Microsoft owned, Verisign. > > If anything, the real problem nowadays is that just too many people > can > issue certificates that will be trusted by browsers/Authenticode, > and by > default, they will trust certificates with very different levels of > verification of the identity of the subject. > > WILLIS COOKE wrote: > > + what you were talking about. It appears to me to be generated by > + Microsoft Internet Explorer rather than anything at ARRL LOTW. I > have > + been getting such warnings when I try to download any software > that did > + not give Microsoft its cut for some time, but this appears to be > a new > > > -- > David Woolley > "we do not overly restrict the subject matter on the list, and we > encourage postings on a wide range of amateur radio related topics" > List Guidelines <http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
