Cliff,

thanks for your explanation.

> A com control is just a runtime object.
> IE knows how to run them, so basically they are saying,
> that they will give you a little program object that you
> can use to install your own root CA. This means you can install it
> on all your intranet IE's for internal use.

Let me get this straight: MS would give me a small program/com control that
would have all our CA details (certificate, etc) included. We would then
give this com control to all those users who want to work with our certificates
and ask them to run it on their computers.

Am I right?

> This means that other uses can also install your root CA if they
> choose to.  M$ did not answer the question regarding how much
> it would cost to include your root CA in all of the browsers they
> publish.

They didn't.

Cheers,

        Stefan.

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