NoOp wrote: > On 04/16/2007 04:20 AM, James Knott wrote: > >> M Henri Day wrote: >> >>> As I understand it, if OOo desires to have its installerar certified, it >>> must apply to a so-called «certification authority» (CA) for a >>> certificate. >>> I cannot see that this involves the payment of some sort of fee to >>> Microsoft, as implied in Dave's letter. Am I in error here ? Does >>> certification require the payment of fees to the CA, and in that case, >>> how >>> onerous are the fees involved ? Prior to voting for the issue to which >>> Kirill provides a link, which otherwise seems like an obvious choice, I'd >>> like to have a bit more information on this matter.... >>> >> As I understand it, CA's charge for the service. However, you can >> always self certify, but then Windows will complain. >> >> > > Some are free: > > <http://documentation.openoffice.org/online_help/htmlhelp/text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.html> > > Those are the personal X.509 email certificates, not web server certificates. > However, the problem, as I see it, would be that every mirror would then > also require a CA. > > As a side note & not to stir the OOo vs M$ pot; I have on occasion over > the years found M$ sites (and others) with expired certificates. So I'm > not so sure that just having a DC is all it's cracked up to be. >
Hmmm... His Billyness having problems paying his bills? ;-) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
