1996-03-01 - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity
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From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: b6a142bb8e87ac2dd6b7acfc6feb084d2950619eba4ec248e8a73a803a84d1ff
Message ID: <31360533.1CFB@netscape.com>
Reply To: <199602260448.WAA01201@proust.suba.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-03-01 00:03:17 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:03:17 +0800
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From: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:03:17 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: X.509 certs that don't guarantee identity
In-Reply-To: <199602260448.WAA01201@proust.suba.com>
Message-ID: <31360533.1CFB@netscape.com>
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Michael A. Atzet wrote:
> Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> >
> > The navigator will not be configured to automatically trust the
> > verisign level 1 and 2 certificates for SSL servers. You will get
> > the same warning dialog with these certs as you do with one you
> > generate on your own.
> >
> How will Navigator differentiate between the different level certs? I
> am not aware of any fields in the cert itself that designate what
> level it is. I know that the subject info would "look" different for
> a persons name vs. email address vs commom name.
The different levels of certificate are signed by different CA certs.
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- 1996-02-26 (Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:28:37 +0800) - X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com>
- 1996-02-27 (Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:47:58 +0800) - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - djw@vplus.com (Dan Weinstein)
- 1996-02-29 (Thu, 29 Feb 1996 15:02:26 +0800) - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
- 1996-03-01 (Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:03:17 +0800) - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>
- 1996-03-01 (Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:45:05 +0800) - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
- 1996-03-02 (Sat, 2 Mar 1996 15:34:58 +0800) - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - “Michael A. Atzet” <atzet@vnet.ibm.com>
- 1996-03-02 (Sat, 2 Mar 1996 17:25:58 +0800) - Re: X.509 certs that don’t guarantee identity - Bob Snyder <rsnyder@janet.advsys.com>