Re: Please remove CAcert.org certificate from rootcerts

2013-11-14 Thread Bob Beck
Geoffrey, I have security concerns about every CA in the list, not just CACert. That notwithstanding, CACert has not proven to be less crap than any of the others that have, IMO, plenty of issues of their own. I don't buy the argument that a non-profit CA hasn't signed up and paid for

Please remove CAcert.org certificate from rootcerts

2013-11-13 Thread Geoffrey Thomas
Hi, Debian is considering removing CAcert.org from its root certificate package for a couple of reasons: - It has not passed the standard Webtrust audit needed for inclusion in the major vendors' CA bundles (Mozilla, Google, Apple, MS, ...) - It has a history of serious security issues that

Re: Please remove CAcert.org certificate from rootcerts

2013-11-13 Thread Ted Unangst
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:19, Geoffrey Thomas wrote: - There are allegedly licensing issues associated with redistributing the root. It's really neither here nor there considering all the other issues, but when you mentioned this I was expecting their terms to be totally off the wall.

Re: Please remove CAcert.org certificate from rootcerts

2013-11-13 Thread Theo de Raadt
- There are allegedly licensing issues associated with redistributing the root. It's really neither here nor there considering all the other issues, but when you mentioned this I was expecting their terms to be totally off the wall.