Free Certification Authority

[Guy Rixon]

I've now got in to CAcert's list of "assurers" (Registration Authorities in
grid-speak).  Here's the list for the UK:

    * Home (139)
          o United Kingdom (13)
                + Berkshire (3)
                + Bristol (1)
                + Hampshire (1)
                + Hertfordshire (1)
                + Kent (1)
                + London (1)
                + Manchester (1)
                + Oxfordshire (1)
                + Scotland (1)
                + Tyne & Wear (1)
                + West Sussex (1)


And here's the list of countries supported:

    * Home (139)
          o Argentina (1)
          o Australia (20)
          o Austria (2)
          o Belgium (2)
          o Canada (8)
          o Denmark (1)
          o France (2)
          o Germany (25)
          o Netherlands (6)
          o New Zealand (3)
          o Norway (1)
          o Not Set (1)
          o Poland PL (1)
          o Scotland (2)
          o Singapore (1)
          o Spain (1)
          o Thailand (1)
          o Ukraine (1)
          o United Kingdom (13)
          o United States (47)


On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Clive Page wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Guy Rixon wrote:
>
> >
> > I've just tried the "join CAcert link" at www.cacert.org. My browser (Firefox
> > 0.9) reckons there's something dodgy about the site certificate for
> > www.cacert.org itself.  Not promising.
>
> Perhaps they issued their own certificate to themselves - recursivity may
> imply dodginess in this field, I wouldn't know.
>
> Seriously though, it's the idea that free or at least non-profit CAs might
> be set up that was the interesting idea.  They appear to be based in
> Boston, which as you say isn't the most convenient place to show one's
> passport.  On the other hand it looks as if many people flying in will get
> themselves fingerprinted as well before long.
>
>
> --
> Clive Page
> Dept of Physics & Astronomy,
> University of Leicester,    Tel +44 116 252 3551
> Leicester, LE1 7RH,  U.K.   Fax +44 116 252 3311
>

Guy Rixon 				        gtr at ast.cam.ac.uk
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