FW: [Openca-Users] dump question - CA - IE netscape

In order for any server certificate to be immediately accepted by Netscape/IE 
(without the click OK box) it MUST be signed by a trusted CA (thawte, verisign 
etc etc) this is the whole point of the system !

If you were allowed to sign certificates that were then silently accepted by 
web browsers where is the guarantee that the site is actually who they say they 
are, all of the trusted CA's put registrants through quite a number of 'hoops' 
to prove their identity before server certs are issued......

Sorry but that's the way it is :-(

Cheers

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Tritscher [mailto:paul.tritscher@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 August 2003 19:04
> To: openca-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Openca-Users] dump question - CA - IE netscape
> 
> 
> Hi List! 
> 
> I want to become my own Certificate Authority!
> (I didn't use openca but want to know if it works for me 
> before installing)!
> I own two openbsd webservers (with apache2) where I need a 
> certificate for 
> one of my customers! I can sign my own certificates and 
> inport them into 
> Apache but in netscape and IE it tells me, this ca is not 
> trusted and users 
> have to klick ok or install my ca-cert! Do I have to buy one 
> of those certs 
> from verysign and the like or can I do this with openca? 
> 
> Well, I didn't read that much about certs, but the customer 
> is awaiting an 
> answer, so...
> Thx for your help
> eule
> 
> 
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