My guess is there is some process involved in getting added to the list of "well-known" CAs that applications such as mail user agents and web browsers know to look up against. That being done, it would require a grass-roots type of web of trust to validate public keys, such as what Thawte's personal key program does/did (only truly free). This is certainly something that's possible within the Open Source community. I wonder if there is anyone else about, especially in the Liberty Project, who's thinking of doing this.
-Tim John Hebert wrote: >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. 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