On Jun 2, 2004, at 6:26, John Robinson wrote: > This morning after reading an article about internet security I > thought I would check my keychain. I have two items I have no idea > what they are, or how they got there. > > Thawte Freemail Member Certificate > > Thawte Personal Freemail Certificate > > > There are many items inside these, giving more information than can be > imagined, but the Thawte Freemail Member Certificate has the last line > at this: > > RFC 822 Name brising at louisville.edu > > > What is all this and have these been added because of the MAC list > serve, if so why? >
Oops. The Thawte certificate really is from me, and is because of my forgetting to turn of the digital signing of an email I sent to the Mac User group. All that certificate does is verify that emails which come from me are really from me, and not from some spammer masquerading as as me. Sorry to cause the panic. In actuality, such signatures are a Good Thing, but since so few folks use them, they seem to cause only confusion. Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be June 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
