From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 10:45:26 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netscape, CAs, and Verisign
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Tom Weinstein wrote:
> The Navigator can also download certificates as one of the following
> mime types:
> 
> application/x-x509-ca-cert
> application/x-x509-server-cert
> application/x-x509-user-cert
> 
> When the Navigator sees one of these, it presents the user with a
> series of dialog boxes that take him through the process of approving
> the certificate and adding it to the database.

  The only one of the above mime types that should be used with 2.0
is application/x-x509-ca-cert.  The others are not supported.  The
spec for the ca-cert type will be released on our web site soon.

	--Jeff

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