[PLUG] Cheap Certs (was Re: OT: Comcast & Mail Servers)

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:01:48 -0500
> From: "Brian Vagnoni" <bvagnoni@v-system.net>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: Comcast & Mail Servers
 >
> Then get some cheap cert's and digital ID's.

Check out the following for free certs:

http://cacert.org/
https://www.thawte.com/secure-email/web-of-trust-wot/index.html

I am a CA Cert assurer, as is at least one other member of PANTUG 
(www.pantug.org), so if you want to go the CA Cert route just show up 
for the next meeting at ITT Tech in KoP Feb 13th and Drew & I can get 
you going (let us know first).  We can do it sooner if you need to, but 
it might entail some driving around.

A problem with CA Cert is that they aren't in the root certs of most 
browsers, notably excepting CentOS, which does include CA Cert in 
Firefox (at least).  That might be a deal-breaker for you, depending on 
your goals.  But explore their site anyway.

I haven't looked into the Thawte one in a while, so not sure of the details.

Later,
JP

PS--Thanks for the http://rblcheck.wiki.sourceforge.net/ tip, I'm going 
to need to know about that for a project at work next week!  Great 
timing.  Anything else you have on that topic that's CLI/scriptable 
would be appreciated.
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