Improving Authentication on the Internet

[Gervase Markham]

On the 17th of this month, at the invitation of Comodo, the major CAs 
and browser vendors (including mozilla.org) are having a meeting in New 
York to discuss some of the issues surrounding the future of SSL and 
trust on the Internet.

As a way of working out my thinking on this, I've written a paper called 
"Improving Authentication On The Internet":

http://www.gerv.net/security/improving-authentication/
It starts with the basics, mostly as a way to confirm that my 
understanding of the current situation is correct. All comments, both 
correcting my facts and giving alternative views, are very welcome.

Currently, I'm circulating the URL to mozilla.org-specific groups. Later 
this week, I plan to invite wider comment.

Gerv
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