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In article <9508181739.AA21179@sulphur.osf.org>, rsalz@osf.org (Rich Salz) writes:
> >        There is no word as to how to become a KSA.  Netscpe has
> >ignored the question on several occaisons.
> 
> I'm fairly sure that I remember Taher saying at the W3C security
> meeting that they intend to do this, and that hardcoding the CA's
> into the library was as quick hack.  I also have the impression
> that they don't know how to do it, but my recollection is fuzzier there.

  It has been stated publicly several times that we do plan to allow
user configurable certificate authority and server trust.  A user
will be able to configure their browser to talk to servers that have
certificates signed by any CA they choose to trust.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.