[43918] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Sat Nov 25 11:54:26 1995
To: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Nov 1995 00:02:29 CST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 11:50:16 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Aleph One writes:
> Since now Netscape allows for user defined certification authorities
> I would like to hear some ideas for a Cybpherpunk CA. Probably run by one
> of the respected member in the group such as Sammer, Perry or Tim. I would
> like to hear some discussion about creating the certificates based on
> the web of trust of your PGP key, etc. Any takers?
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
