[43953] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Hupp)
Sun Nov 26 11:49:32 1995
From: "Jeff Hupp" <jhupp@novellnet.gensys.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 10:44:41 -0500
Reply-To: JHupp@Gensys.Com
On 25 Nov 95 at 15:35, 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 'how to' on rolling your own can be found at:
http://fiasco.snre.umich.edu/~altitude/ssl/ssl.saga.html
While that one is using a certificate from VaraSign, as mentioned
earlier you can create your own authority and certificate with tools you find at:
http://bond.edu.au/External/Misc/Crypto/
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