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1995-11-27 - Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority

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From: Jyri Kaljundi <jk@digit.ee>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 0e73576354340ace73732280f593fbc1ada84a2a4d2f697b7596f99b25b3b736
Message ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951127180832.25120B-100000@sun.digit.ee>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-11-27 16:37:11 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:37:11 +0800

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From: Jyri Kaljundi <jk@digit.ee>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 00:37:11 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
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On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Jeff Weinstein wrote:

> Alex Strasheim wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Is anyone running an ssl web server that would let us see how this works?
> 
>   A little bird pointed me toward https://www.secret.org.  I have no
> idea who they are...

Another way to see the dialog boxes is to delete one of the CA's that 
came with Netscape Navigator and then connect to for example 
https://www.netscape.com/

What software there is available (preferably non-commercial) to become a 
CA? Is for example the SSLeay package enough?


Jri Kaljundi
jk@digit.ee
Digiturg http://www.digit.ee/

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