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1995-11-25 - Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority

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From: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net>
To: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
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Reply To: <199511251650.LAA01055@jekyll.piermont.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-11-25 20:33:08 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 04:33:08 +0800

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From: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 04:33:08 +0800
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Subject: Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
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On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> Hmmm. If someone is willing to find out what is needed to become a
> C.A. and to run one, and it turns out not to be particularly onerous,
> I or one of my corporate alter egos might be willing. I must say,
> though, that being an anti-fan of X.509 the situation would be ironic...
> 
> Perry

Well from Netscape perspetive as far as I know you need nothing. Basicly
when the browser finds a new CA that it does know about it promts
the user and through a series of dialog boxes the user chooses to trust
it or not. (Well that is theory, and what netscape release notes say, since
I dont have access to an SSL server right now, and would need to figure
out how to make my own certificate, I havent tried it).

Aleph One / aleph1@dfw.net
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