At 09:53 AM 7/11/2002 +0200, Stefan Kelm wrote:
See http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/sdata/200206/certca.html for
recent data re SSL certificate market share; Geotrust, at
I sincerely doubt the numbers presented in this so-called
survey. How did they get to a number of only 91,136
Enzo wrote quoting Lucky:
The cert shows as being issued by Equifax because Geotrust
purchased
Equifax's root embedded in major browsers since MSIE 5 on the
secondary market. (Geotrust purchased more than just the root).
This raises an interesting legal issue. Should any loss from
RJ Harvey wrote:
Thanks for the tip! I just got a new cert from Geotrust,
and it was such an amazing contrast to those I've gotten
from Verisign and Thawte! They apparently take the
verification info from the whois data on the site, and you
really can do the process from start to finish
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From: Lucky Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: RE: IP: SSL Certificate Monopoly Bears Financial Fruit
The cert shows that it's issued by Equifax, however.
The cert shows as being issued
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 6 Jul 2002 at 9:33, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Thawte has now announced a round of major price increases. New
cert prices appear to have almost doubled, and renewals have
increased more than 50%. While Thawte proclaims this is their
first price increase in five years,
Why is not someone else issuing certificates?
See http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/sdata/200206/certca.html for
recent data re SSL certificate market share; Geotrust, at
I sincerely doubt the numbers presented in this so-called
survey. How did they get to a number of only 91,136
secure
Lucky Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Trusted roots have long been bought and sold on the secondary market as any
other commodity. For surprisingly low amounts, you too can own a trusted root
that comes pre-installed in 95% of all web browsers deployed.
I'd heard stories of collapsed dot-coms'
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On 11 Jul 2002 at 1:22, Lucky Green wrote:
Trusted roots have long been bought and sold on the secondary
market as any other commodity. For surprisingly low amounts, you
too can own a trusted root that comes pre-installed in 95% of
all web browsers deployed.
How much, typically?
And
Thanks for the tip! I just got a new cert from Geotrust,
and it was such an amazing contrast to those I've gotten
from Verisign and Thawte! They apparently take the verification
info from the whois data on the site, and you really can do
the process from start to finish in 10 minutes or so.
James wrote:
On 11 Jul 2002 at 1:22, Lucky Green wrote:
Trusted roots have long been bought and sold on the
secondary market
as any other commodity. For surprisingly low amounts, you
too can own
a trusted root that comes pre-installed in 95% of all web browsers
deployed.
How
and just to make sure there is a common understanding regarding SSL cert
operation ... the browser code
1) checks that the SSL server cert can be validated by ANY public key that
is in the browser preloaded list (I haven't verified whether they totally
ignore all of the cert part of these
On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 11:18:12AM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
| I'd rather not state the exact figures. A search of SEC filings may or
| may not turn up further details.
|
| And who actually owns these numerous trusted roots?
|
| I am not sure I understand the question.
|
| --Lucky
|
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On 6 Jul 2002 at 9:33, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Thawte has now announced a round of major price increases. New
cert prices appear to have almost doubled, and renewals have
increased more than 50%. While Thawte proclaims this is their
first price increase in five years, this comes at a
At 03:48 PM 7/10/2002 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On 6 Jul 2002 at 9:33, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Thawte has now announced a round of major price increases. New
cert prices appear to have almost doubled, and renewals have
increased more than 50%.
[...]
Why is not someone else
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