Re: Being one's own CA for a University computer lab

2001-05-17 Thread Jan Dries
Arcady Genkin wrote: > > The documentation states that being one's own CA is insecure in the > Internet environment, while is acceptable on the intra-net. Could > anyone explain the issues implied by that statement? SSL is not less secure if you are your own CA, at least from a technical poin

Being one's own CA for a University computer lab

2001-05-15 Thread Arcady Genkin
The documentation states that being one's own CA is insecure in the Internet environment, while is acceptable on the intra-net. Could anyone explain the issues implied by that statement? Also, to what extent is the user inconvenienced by an SSL site using certificate signed by a non-well-known a