At 04:06 AM 7/24/00, you wrote:
>You can get a trial one (e.g. at Verisign), or build your own CA
You don't need to build your own CA for a single cert, .. a CA is only required (IIUC)
to manage *client certs*.
>I think a good certificate is made of two things, trust (in the CA), and
>availability of your cert for other people to contact you.
Sorry, .. but *anybody* can get a CERT, from *any* vendor. All you need is the
appearance of a business (i.e. telephone, mailing address, minimal credit report, ...)
- trust is not an issue.
Lee
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