[43988] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cypherpunk Certification Authority
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jyri Kaljundi)
Mon Nov 27 11:28:52 1995
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 18:25:06 +0200 (EET)
From: Jyri Kaljundi <jk@digit.ee>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <30B99C34.2A1F@netscape.com>
On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> Alex Strasheim wrote:
> >=20
> > > Basicly when the browser finds a new CA that it does know about it pr=
omts
> > > the user and through a series of dialog boxes the user chooses to tru=
st it
> > > or not.
> >=20
> > Is anyone running an ssl web server that would let us see how this work=
s?
>=20
> A little bird pointed me toward https://www.secret.org. I have no
> idea who they are...
Another way to see the dialog boxes is to delete one of the CA's that=20
came with Netscape Navigator and then connect to for example=20
https://www.netscape.com/
What software there is available (preferably non-commercial) to become a=20
CA? Is for example the SSLeay package enough?
J=FCri Kaljundi
jk@digit.ee
Digiturg http://www.digit.ee/
