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Is It Time For an Open Source Certificate Authority? 219

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 29, 2007 @10:22AM from the definitely-time-for-ice-cream dept.

cagnol writes "So far there are three free ways to get a free certificate to sign your email and receive encrypted communications: Thawte, Comodo and CAcert. Thawte's root certificate is in mainstream browsers. Thawte's interface is good and the web of trust allows for increased security by verifying people's identity. However Thawte is not open-source; worse: it is owned by VeriSign. Comodo's root certificate is in mainstream browsers too but there is no web of trust and their forms are not always working. CAcert is the closest to an open-source certificate authority but is not open-source and it seems that parts of the system are shaky. CAcert provides a web of trust. Unfortunately, CAcert's root certificate is not in mainstream browsers. Don't you think it is time for a true open-source certificate authority? Should this community be related to the Mozilla Foundation and comply, since day one, with the requirements to get a root certificate in Firefox?"

Comment One word...... (Score 1) 2388

by Cobra on Wednesday August 14, 2002 @09:15AM (#4069359) Attached to: Diamonds - Are They Really Worth the Cost?

Moissanite. All the qualaties of a diamond without the price. When I got engaged to my wife, we discussed the options. She looked at moissanite and agreed that it looked promising. One trip to a jeweler and she was sold. A stone equivalent to a 1 carat diamond cost ~$300. No one that has seen her ring has had any idea that it was not a real diamond. She loves it and I loved the lower price.

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