[39911] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: is it possible for an individual (not a business) to get a valid SSL certificate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Mercer)
Thu Jul 26 11:19:42 2001
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:16:01 -0400
From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
Cc: Noah <sitz@onastick.net>, nanog@merit.edu
Message-ID: <20010726111601.D4362@reptiles.org>
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In-Reply-To: <20010726111338.A26373@noc.untraceable.net>; from twofsonet@graffiti.com on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:13:38AM -0400
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:13:38AM -0400, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >as such, i can likely get an SSL certificate with just my passport, drivers
> >license (as a secondary piece of documentation) and a letter deeming me as
> >responsible for the domainname (as my name does not actually exist as the
> >registrant, but i am the admin contact).
>
> a letter from whom to whom? a company that places faith in a letter
> they ask you to write yourself is just poor in my eyes.
>
> me: i need to do so-and-so.
> them: and how do we know you're qualified to do that?
> me: i have a letter that i wrote to myself that says i am.
> them: oh, very well.
>
> sounds...flimsy.
yes/no.
this is standard practice for the domain registrars, and other elements of
business.
i'm often required to send a letter on "letterhead".
i don't have letterhead, let alone an identifying logo for any of my companies.
so, i just put the company name in big letters at the top of the letter,
date it, sign it.
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