Massimiliano Pala wrote:
>
> > Erik Aronesty wrote:
> >
> > After the Verisign acquisition of Thawte, there remain few signing authorities who
>will perform services for a
> > reasonable fee.
> >
> > Maybe the OpenSSL group should launch a new not-for-profit application
>verification and certificate signing service?
> > We'd be happy to donate lines and equipment.
> >
> >
> > - Erik Aronesty
> > Prime Data Corp.
>
> The problem is the liability...
I don't see that that is an inherent problem - though I can see that
"not-for-profit" might well discourage the investors that would have to
underwrite the liability, at least at first.
Cheers,
Ben.
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