I guess I had assumed that there were plenty, but immediately after stating that, I realize that is the problem.
Wouldn't the Liberty Alliance be the best organization to set up a CA? The "success" of a CA is that it is well-known, given the technical requirements, from what I understand a CA to be. I'm kinda surprised that some of the bigger names in the free and open source software communities hadn't setup such a CA for the public's use. I guess it would require a lot of advertising $. John Hebert --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'd really like to see is a free, community-run > Certificate > Authority. I haven't been able to find any such > thing in the few > searches I've done, but it just seems odd that none > would exist yet. A > CA is a central authority for validating public keys > and verifiying a > big component of Public-Key-Infrastructure--you are > who you say you are. > Does anyone know of such a free service, or is > anyone interested in > getting one started? > > -Tim > > > John Hebert wrote: > > >I'm a gun advocate myself, but I've been thinking > for > >a while now that encryption is becoming just as > >important for the average citizen as owning a gun. > The > >fabled "armed takeover" of the country via > government > >force will never happen IMHO, but we are perfectly > >willing to hand over our rights to privacy and > >anonymity in exchange for security. > > > >http://www.gnupg.org > > > >How about we do that key exchange thing that Dustin > >suggested awhile back? > > > >John Hebert > > > >--- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Not to be a radical, but the populace should > always > >>be better armed > >>than the goverment, it keeps them from being too > >>stupid. My tag line > >>has been the same for months, check it out (way at > >>the bottom of the > >>page), and check the archives. I have never > gotten > >>a negative > >>comment on it. > >> > >>Doug > >>--- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>>you should never be able to buy a gun in the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>time it > >> > >> > >>>>>takes for your o/s > >>>>>to install... > >>>>>--mat > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>Please tell me we don't have any extreme liberal > >>> > >>> > >>anti gun wackos on > >> > >> > >>>this > >>>mailing list? As a matter of fact, I just > >>> > >>> > >>purchased a Sig Mauser > >> > >> > >>>.45 > >>>caliber pistol today. > >>> > >>>http://www.sigarms.com/products/mauser.asp > >>> > >>>I hold the second amendment more dear than > >>> > >>> > >>anything else in this > >> > >> > >>>country. > >>> > >>>Shannon Roddy > >>> > >>> > >>> > >__________________________________________________________________ > > > > > >>>Systems Administrator California Institute of > >>> > >>> > >>Technology > >> > >> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston > >>> > >>> > >>Observatory > >> > >> > >>>ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > >>>fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA > >>> > >>> > >>70754 > >> > >> > >>>Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > >>>Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > >>>Wireless Email (255 Chars) > >>> > >>> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>General mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > >>===== > >>Warmest Regards, > >>Doug Riddle > >>http://www.dougriddle.com > >> > >>## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in > >>importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." > - > >>George Washington ## > >> > >> > >>__________________________________________________ > >>Do you Yahoo!? > >>New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > >>http://sbc.yahoo.com > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>General mailing list > >>[email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > >http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
