[67928] in Cypherpunks
Re: exporting signatures only/CAPI (was Re: Why not PGP?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Sat Oct 12 14:24:46 1996
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 14:08:45 -0500 (EST)
Cc: aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v02130502ae850fb9a80c@[10.0.2.15]> from "Steve Schear" at Oct 12, 96 09:07:26 am
Steve Schear wrote:
| (Adam Back wrote:)
| >The new owner of the CAPI signatory key would need a good reputation,
| >and presumably a policy of signing any (non-GAKked) CAPI modules
| >signed by microsoft, and anything else that anyone wants signed.
| An excellent suggestion.
How does a signer maintain a reputation if it will sign
anything anyone wants signed? I can see a business for a non-US
company to certify a CSP and sign it, but thats not the same as
anything MS signs, or anything anyone else wants signed.
There may be room for compitition here. :)
Adam
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