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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] CACert - free digital certificates

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] CACert - free digital certificates
  • From: "Dan Langille" <dan [ at ] langille [ dot ] org>
  • Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:53:35 -0400
On 3 Jun 2005 at 10:30, Rod Giffin wrote:

> On Fri, June 3, 2005 10:25, Dan Langille said:
> > On 3 Jun 2005 at 10:20, Bill Strosberg wrote:
> >> CACert is no better or worse than anyone else in the business.  My
> >> position is that the whole on-line trust model is broken.
> >> Profit!-motivated organizations have no place in a trustworthy
> >> system. Principles are always soluable in cash.
> >
> > CACert is not a company.  It's not involved in cash.  There's no
> > profit.  I don't see how your comments relate to my question.
> 
> According to their website, CACert is indeed a company
> (not-for-profit, asking for donations).  They identify themselves as
> CACert Inc. http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=13

So you are equating that company, which I didn't notice before, with 
the CACert community and project?
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