RE: Suggestion: Announce date for MD5 signature deactivation

2009-01-09 Thread Robin Alden
> -Original Message- > On 1/9/09 12:51 PM, Johnathan Nightingale wrote: > > > - Do the work to arm ourselves so that when we are confident pulling > > the trigger, we can actually do so with minimal changes (in case it > > happens in a point release, for instance) > > - Establish our fee

RE: Unbelievable!

2008-12-22 Thread Robin Alden
l our investigation has been completed. Please let me know if you have any further problems. Regards Robin Alden Comodo > -Original Message- > From: dev-tech-crypto-bounces+robin=comodo@lists.mozilla.org > [mailto:dev-tech-crypto-bounces+robin=comodo@lists.mozilla.org]

RE: Unbelievable!

2008-12-22 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy, That reseller's ability to sell Comodo certificates has been suspended while we investigate why they are apparently not fulfilling their contractual obligations to us. We revoked your certificate for mozilla.com. Regards Robin Alden Comodo > -Original

RE: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-12 Thread Robin Alden
> -Original Message- > From: Eddy Nigg > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:12 PM > To: dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org > Subject: Re: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request > > Robin Alden: > > Eddy Nigg said: > >> In http://www.mozilla.org/proje

RE: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-06 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy Nigg said:- > Robin Alden: > > f) refers to an SSL product which is limited in such a way that it isn't > > generally usable on the public internet. We offer no warranty on the > > product, and the main part of the domain validation is to ensure that > the >

RE: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-05 Thread Robin Alden
Robin Alden wrote:- > Eddy Nigg wrote:- > > Oh and f) is also interesting ;-), I wonder how many > > "localhost" certificates were issued so far... > [Robin said...] > Not many! We do issue quite a number for organizations to use internally > on > other name

RE: Comodo ECC CA inclusion/EV request

2008-08-05 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy Nigg wrote:- > (to Frank Hecker) > As per your comment in > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421946#c17 you > state that no problematic practices associated with this CA, > but I found that in section 2.4.1 domain validated wild cards > are issued, which is listed in > http://wiki.

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-28 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy, > > [Robin said...] > > Our main current objection to them is on grounds of maintaining a level > > commercial playing field among all CAs (in the Mozilla root program). > > > Robin, just for your knowledge that most if not all CAs which have roots > in NSS, are commercial CAs. Most, if not a

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-27 Thread Robin Alden
> In terms of getting "concessions" from individual CAs: In the past we > have held up approval of CA requests until we could be satisfied that > CAs were in compliance with specifically-called-out requirements of our > policy. For example, in a number of cases it wasn't clear at all from a > CA's

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
Frank, > No. I'm simply stating that there are CA-related issues which may not > warrant us having a formal policy on, but which we may have an opinion > on that we want to express. > > To take another example: our policy doesn't address the issue of whether > CAs issue end entity certs directly f

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy, > The problem I'm seeing right now is, which isn't a problem of yours per > se, that if Mozilla approves the upgrade to EV status, your CA roots > will receive further anchors in the software, making it even more > difficult to receive the cooperation I'm seeking on the issues, not > speaking

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
pply that new policy to all CAs. The proscription of SSL products, or of details of their implementation, is something that should reasonably be discussed collectively with the CAs and the browsers. Can I suggest that the CAB Forum would be one place in which the matter could usefully be discusse

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: > > Robin, just to answer this one... > > > > Robin Alden: > >> [Robin said...] A fair point, and perhaps that is a whole other > >> problem. Our CA *does* have > >> roots in NSS. > >> > > > &g

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> Robin, just to answer this one... > > Robin Alden: > > [Robin said...] > > A fair point, and perhaps that is a whole other problem. Our CA > *does* have > > roots in NSS. > > > > This is correct. However your CA roots are considered legacy roots >

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> >> But by issuing *domain validated* certificate for up to *ten years*, > >> without revalidation is completely irresponsible and borders on > gross > >> negligent. > >> > > [Robin said...] > > I disagree. With a DV certificate the only thing that we are > warranting is > > that the key holder c

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-25 Thread Robin Alden
> Robin Alden: > > > > The only certificates we issue for 10 years are DV certificates. > > We do not currently repeat any of the validation checks during a > > certificate's lifetime for any of our certificate types. > > > > The behavior of Comodo in

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Alden
t a bulk snapshot of information that we would have gathered for 4.2.1. The 3rd party databases mentioned are the domain registries (for Whois records) or the jurisdictions of incorporation (for evidence of legal existence and correctness of address details, etc, of the legal entity). Regards Robin Alden Comodo CA Ltd. ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Alden
list of ways we see people using SSL certificates to commit fraud. Regards Robin Alden Comodo CA Limited ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Alden
ed to compete with order CAs issuing wildcard products. Regards Robin Alden Comodo ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Alden
ly as a brand of ScandTrust AB. Sweden - although Comodo does have the right to continue using the root CA certificates which we purchased from them and which bear the AddTrust name. Robin Alden ___ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Alden
quot; - well, I'd rather answer the questions in this forum, if possible. Regards Robin Alden Comodo CA Limited. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) Sent: 24 March 2008 02:38 To: Frank Hecker Cc: dev-tech-crypto

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-24 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy, I'm sorry I haven't got around to answering your questions until now. You wrote: > 1.) The audit report for non-EV operations refers to the CA operation at > Manchester. The audit report for EV refers to the CA operations at New > Jersey. One of the roots is from a company operatin