Hello Xperex,

Not if you get the users to verify each other in person and with photo
id etc, and until they do don't put names on certificates...

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Saturday, November 2, 2002, 6:07:25 PM, you wrote:

XT> I don't really see the value of free certificates.  If they are free that means 
that the CA can't
XT> be doing any identity checks.  So any schmoe can get a certificate with your name 
on it and claim
XT> to be you.

XT> --- Peter Ziobrzynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I searched far and wide and can't find a CA service in a reasonable 
>> price. Verisign, Thawte, etc. all charge hundreds for one year PKI.
>> There must be a way to get a recognized personal client SSL certificate 
>> for free. Banks, ISPs should be interested in having their customers use 
>> signed email. Does anybody know anything about it?
>> 
>> For now to use SSL signing I created my own CA, CSR, singed it and 
>> loaded it into my browser/mailer (mozilla).
>> -- 
>> Peter Ziobrzynski, mailto:pzi@;pzi.net
>> 
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