alexandru matei schrieb:
> 
> 1/ First I think that RA Authority should better send two mails for a
> user. The first mail should be a mail which give directions for the user
> how to get its certificate (including the serial number to use (not
> encrypted but can be signed whith RA operator cert to prove the origin).
> The second mail is the one the RA transmits usually (about the
> revocation pin). The reason is that the user receives a mail he can't
> read, so he doesn't know which the serial to use for getting its
> brand-new cert. Of course, he can watch the serial in Valid Certificates
> List...

This sounds reasonable.

> 2/ I think that in valid certificates list a column listing the purpose
> of certificate should be added (the same mail address could be used for
> a Web server certificate an for a user certificate)

So we should display the role?

> 3/ Using the Basic Request, a user can request other types of
> certificates than user (VPN, Web server, Sub-CA, etc. I think that in
> this form the user which request such certificate should already have an
> user certificate and must sign the request. The request will pass the
> whole certification process... In return, the user have to be notified
> about the certificate issuance and receive a mail (encrypted whith his
> public mail certificate !!!) wich contains the password for its private
> key and the cert attached as a file( also the certificate revocation pin
> should be there, too.

This is really dangerous because we force everybuddy (not only the RA
Operators) to use Netscape. The CRIN-mail is a good idea.

Regards Michael
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