CAcert root certificate inclusion in Mozilla

[Duane]

There is a growing need to secure servers via SSL/TLS, and, in many cases, 
self signed certificates aren't appropriate. CAcert's aim is to cover the 
more traditional applications such as web and email, but is also extensible 
enough to be used in IRC and many wireless applications. Current commercial 
offerings are discriminatory toward individuals and unincorporated bodies, 
due largely to their high cost along with the practice of proving domain 
ownership through proof of business registrations, and articles of 
incorporation.

The number of issued CAcert certificates grows daily, and number of people 
relying on these CAcert certificates is a multiple of that. We are not 
without troubles, though; continued growth is going to be difficult without 
having a root certificate in mainstream applications like web browsers and 
email programs.

We believe that having our root certificate included in your browser would 
be beneficial to both of our organisations. Since your browser would be the 
first to ship with CACert root certificate included, it would be listed as 
our recommended browser. We see a huge potential for cross referrals - our 
users choosing your browser, recommending it to friends who use personal 
certificates as well as colleges and other not for profit institutions; 
your users having instant access to a free certificate authority for their 
websites.

I'd like to thank you all in advance for your consideration and I look 
forward to the possibility of working with you in the future. Please 
contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any additional questions or concerns you 
may have regarding this system.

I believe, after reviewing and using first hand, the CACert Certificate 
Authority system, I find this system to be fabulous. I would like to 
request that the root certificate key be included with Mozilla Firebird to 
help both Mozilla and CACert. This would make a wonderful addition for 
everyone.

We posted an RFE on this matter and one of the comments attached to the RFE
suggested we post a discussion on here, the RFE can be seen here:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215243