[48349] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape, CAs, and Verisign
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Sun Jan 28 14:27:05 1996
From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
To: cp@proust.suba.com (Alex Strasheim)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:19:00 -0800 (PST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601281901.NAA06629@proust.suba.com> from "Alex Strasheim" at Jan 28, 96 01:01:59 pm
>
> Morevover, although I don't think it's reasonable to expect Netscape to
> agree to include a non-existent CA in their browsers sight unseen, at the
> same time it doesn't seem smart to sink money into setting up the CA
> without some indication from Netscape that they're willing to give the
> idea good faith consideration.
>
They won't. You're not a megacorp in bed with RSA.
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