Am 24. Aug, 2003 schw=E4tzte Austin Godber so:
> This does bring up the question, Hans why do you only do SSL (actually wh=
y not
> just do ssl, it doesn't cost anything)? And, Hans, you wanna share the
> fingerprint for your CERT out of band so that we can just accept your cer=
t and
> thus be "safe".
I do SSL because I don't like *everyone* being able to eavesdrop. This way
only the 'man in the middle' can eavesdrop :).
It goes along the lines of 'kill telnet. long live ssh.'. No need to use
unencrypted commo, so don't.
What we need is a personal site certificate authority. It's task
four-hundred and something for me, so if someone else wants to make it
happen that'd be good :).
> * In mozilla goto Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Certificat=
es and
> click on the "Manage Certificates" button then the Authorities tab to see=
what
> Certificate Authorities Root Certificates you have ... and if you visit a
> website with a proper certificate you will see a little locked lock in on=
e
> corner of your browser .. you can typically click on this and view which =
of
> those CAs has issued the certificate for this site.
I beg to differ with the word 'proper' in this connotation. My certificate
is just as 'proper' as the others.
s/proper certificate/certificate signed by a recognized certificate authori=
ty/
ciao,
der.hans
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