Cypherpunk Certification Authority

Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com
Sat Nov 25 08:57:25 PST 1995



Aleph One writes:
> 	Since now Netscape allows for user defined certification authorities
> I would like to hear some ideas for a Cybpherpunk CA. Probably run by one 
> of the respected member in the group such as Sammer, Perry or Tim. I would
> like to hear some discussion about creating the certificates based on
> the web of trust of your PGP key, etc. Any takers?

Hmmm. If someone is willing to find out what is needed to become a
C.A. and to run one, and it turns out not to be particularly onerous,
I or one of my corporate alter egos might be willing. I must say,
though, that being an anti-fan of X.509 the situation would be ironic...

Perry






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