Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread Gervase Markham
Ben Bucksch wrote: Actually, not even that is necessary. Classes each have their own root cert, so we can simply match root certs to level in our software, using a list that is just as hardcoded as our root certs, and matches the assigned levels. That assumes CAs only issue one type of cert

Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread Gervase Markham
Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: Fist of all the proposal tries to structure and define SSL certificates in the Mozilla CA policy first and foremost, about something which is common practice. It nowhere says how, if and when the UI should differentiate. Oh come on, Eddy. Are you telling us

Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread Gervase Markham
Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: Gerv, I think you are concentrating too much on what Level 2 means, instead of trying to see the whole picture first and which problem the proposal tries to solve. But here a few thoughts about Level 2, since you are insisting on it. First a few facts: - This

Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread Gervase Markham
Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: Sorry? Gerv, please open a bug at bugzilla with the request to remove all CA certificate from the NSS certificate store on the grounds, that there is no auditing to make sure the CA was honest in terms of doing the correct amount of verification. I'd like to.

Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread charter77
They are a Geotrust reseller, but also have issued hundreds of ssl from their own FlySSL CA: http://www.registerfly.com/ssl/ They have no CPS or other documentation posted - just the statement The following information has been self-reported by the entity to which it relates for the purpose of

Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are a Geotrust reseller, but also have issued hundreds of ssl from their own FlySSL CA: http://www.registerfly.com/ssl/ It's irrelevant! There is no FlySSL in the Mozilla certificate store. -- Regards Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd. Phone:

Re: Proposal for Mozilla CA policy extension

2007-02-22 Thread charter77
Looks like there's a mix of FlySSL certs out there. Many of them are issued from Geotrust's RapidSSL (with no reference to FlySSL in them). But there are also many from the ResellerFlyCertificateServices CA, which is under Comodo's AddTrust root. ___