[49140] in Cypherpunks
Re: Netscape, CAs, and Verisign
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Weinstein)
Sat Feb 3 21:18:18 1996
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 18:10:09 -0800
From: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Tom Weinstein wrote:
> The Navigator can also download certificates as one of the following
> mime types:
>
> application/x-x509-ca-cert
> application/x-x509-server-cert
> application/x-x509-user-cert
>
> When the Navigator sees one of these, it presents the user with a
> series of dialog boxes that take him through the process of approving
> the certificate and adding it to the database.
The only one of the above mime types that should be used with 2.0
is application/x-x509-ca-cert. The others are not supported. The
spec for the ca-cert type will be released on our web site soon.
--Jeff
--
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.
