I think a free CA would be great. I really wish there was an acadmic
institution initiative. A big limitation as far as I can
see would be getting certs pre-installed into web browsers.
The chance of either MS or netscape doing this would be close to none.
If my experience is anything to go by, asking the average user to import a
CA can be problematic.
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Massimiliano Pala wrote:
> Bruce Perens wrote:
> >
> > Hi OpenSSL users,
> >
> > With the absorbtion of Thawte into Verisign, we're concerned that the only
> > remotely free-software-friendly commercial CA will change its policies. The
> > lack of competition bothers us too. So, let's do something about it. A good
> > CA could do more for free software than we've seen so far. We'd like to hear
> > from candidates who could assume the technical leadership of a
> > free-software-friendly CA. A deep technical background in applied cryptography
> > would be required. Please write to me at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bruce Perens
> > Linux Capital Group
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> I think that is we receive support, we are going to setup a free certification
> system using the OpenCA software. The problem is the liability definition and
> the legal aspects (not technical).
>
> If you do not know anything about our project you can start by surfing to
>
> http://www.openca.org
>
> we also need contribution from technical and/or experienced people!!! :-D
>
> C'you,
>
> Massimiliano Pala ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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