Verisign bogosity

[Ryan Weaver]

        Thawte is owned by VeriSign

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of John Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:37 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Verisign bogosity
>
>
> Thawte works fine for me....
>
> JW
>
> > I bought SSL certs from Entrust and they seemed to be
> acceptable as a
> > trusted third party.
> >
> > CT
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brett Moss" <bamcomp at YAHOO.COM>
> > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: Verisign bogosity
> >
> >
> > > --- Steve Thomas <lists at STHOMAS.NET> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:51:51AM -0400, Jeff A.
> > > > Earickson is rumored to have said:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have notified Verisign that I won't be renewing
> > > > my certs with
> > > > > them in October.
> > > >
> > > > Hmm.. Who you gonna get 'em from? Thawte??
> > > >
> > > > If you want a cert from a CA whose root certs are
> > > > already installed in everybody's systems, you're
> > > > pretty much stuck with Verisign, one way or another.
> > > > :(
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."
> > > > - H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
> > > hi,
> > > i have good luck with instantssl
> > > http://instantssl.com
> > > cheap and _not_ verisign or thawte (verisign owned)
> > >
> > > brett
> > > --
> > > http://rwtech.com
> > >
> > >
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