>Ian G wrote, On 2009-01-04 16:01:
>> On 4/1/09 21:32, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> I propose that Mozilla form a new mailing list,
>>> dev-policy-trustanchors. The topics for that list would include:
>>>
>>> - All new trust anchors being added to the Mozilla trust anchor pile
>>> - Proposals for changes to the Mozilla trust anchor policy
>>> - Complaints about particular participants in the current trust anchor pile
>>> - Discussion of the UI aspects of the PKI in various Mozilla software
>>
>> I agree in principle.  I would suggest "policy-ca" or "ca-policy" being
>> anything in or around the CA policy, as that is the name of the thing.
>>
>> Comments:
>>
>>    1. I don't think the discussions here are anything to do with dev.
>>    2. trustanchors seems a too precise term, and I would prefer to see
>> it dropped (for liability reasons).
>>    3. I would love to see real discussion of the UI aspects.  I have no
>> idea how to talk to those people, they should be here.
>>    4. This topic is also about legal relationships.  Calling it "policy"
>> tends to sweep the liabilities under the carpet.
>
>There's no mozilla.policy hierarchy.  So I'm searching for ideas for a
>good hierarchy for these discussions.  Here are some ideas.  How about:
>
>mozilla.security.CA
>mozilla.security.UI
>mozilla.security.pki

+1 to .CA or .PKI, -1 to .UI. There is more to the security UI than PKIX, and 
there is much more to trust anchors than UI.
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