Most browsers have an installed list of CAs Certificate Authorities.
If a host certificate has been certified by a root CA such as Verisign, then the
browser will automatically accept the host certificate without comment.
Albert Steiner
At 03:14 PM 7/1/99 +0200, Josef Hartmann wrote:
>Hi,
>
>how do people build SSL systems which do not require the client to
>accept certificates? E.g. if you want to order a book at www.amazon.de
>and you are using the SSL connection, users do not have to accept the
>certificates, although the certificate of the website is not in the
>browser implemented, yet and the site is used the first time.
>
>ANY HINTS????
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Josef Hartmann
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