Hello Volker, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Mon 24 Sep 2007 14:20:48 NZST +1200, Raffael wrote: > >> I found out, that there are no CAcert assurer listed here in >> Christchurch. How come? Everyone using GnuPG? You can get you key signed >> by CAcert! > > Their website suffers from a common problem: it seems to have a lot of > content, but doesn't tell me in 2 sentences what it is all about and > what it does for me. Perhaps you could summarize?
CAcert provides digital certificates for code signing, S/MIME, servers (https, vpn) at no costs. But with a Web of Trust, that enables you to receive points through assurance. For more information on the point system, see: https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=19 > I note their site cert > isn't recognised by my browser, I can make the same sort of cert for the > same price (i.e. $00.00) any time myself. > That is a question of whom you trust :) One of CAcert's main goals is the inclusion into mainstream browsers. As a side note: I don't think that browsers / systems should include root certificates at all. But thats probably not going to happen... > Btw you seem to be mixing up gpg with ssl certificates. Maintain the > distinction, they're for different purposes although use similar > technology. Sorry, for the lack of explanation: You can get you gpg/pgp key signed by the CAcert key. See: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/PgpSigning There is a downside on cacert: The documentation could be better and they do not publish their source code under an open source license :/ Hope I could clear things up, Raffael
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