[48426] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape, CAs, and Verisign
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Mon Jan 29 01:51:26 1996
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 22:43:02 -0800
From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
sameer wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.
As I said in my previous message, we don't care how big you are
as long as you meet the soon to be published criteria.
--Jeff
PS - If you think that verisign is a megacorp, your view of the world is
a bit skewed.
--
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
