Subj : Re: Cert Security
To   : Rich
From : Robert Comer
Date : Thu Mar 29 2001 07:08 am

From: "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com>

>>   It's a standard with an entire industry behind it.  You would prefer
that they did something proprietary and incompatible in addition to having to 
support the standard anyway for all the other purposes for which it is used.<<

I would prefer to use something secure, I don't care how standard it is.  It 
would be preferable to be a standard, but foremost is security, then 
standards...

>>   I guess you also blame Netscape, Sun, and others that use the same
certificates for signing code.  Maybe you don't use any software from Netscape 
or Sun.<<

Nope, don't use their software as you suggest.

- Bob Comer <Security first, then everything else...>



"Rich" <@> wrote in message news:3ac37e51@w3.nls.net...

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