On Nov 30, 2007 11:45 AM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
> > * Date of last audit
>
> For CAs approved under the new regime, this information is tracked
> informally as text in their approval notice, plus also you can click
> through to their WebTrust etc. statement to see.
>
> > * Auditor profile
>
> What is that, exactly?
>

Organization contact information; certificate of authenticity; certifying
body; name, birth date, governmental ID, blood type, gender of all
personnel; you know... the usual :)


>
> > * Canonical domain
>
> Yes - see the list of pending/added CAs.
>

Is there a central location where this is all published?  If so, can I have
a url?  I'm curious.


> > * URL of CRL
>
> Yes - see the list of pending/added CAs.
>
> > Does the Mozilla Foundation do heartbeat checks on all CAs at regular
> > intervals?
>
> No.
>

It seems to me that this should be done at least prior to each official
release...


>
> > Is there any infrastructure in place to remove non-responsive CAs or CAs
> > which fail audits?
>
> No; although we assume that if a CA failed an audit, someone would let
> us know pretty quickly. I have requested an RSS feed of changes to their
> approved list from WebTrust, but it hasn't happened.
>

How often do audit failures get reported?  Does the Mozilla Foundation keep
up on audit scores?  Are audits scores reported in such a way that it can be
determined how a CA is trending, better or worse than the audit before?


>
> > Does the Mozilla Foundation accept complaints about misuse of certs
> issued
> > by CAs which have been approved for inclusion?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is there somewhere else I should be asking these questions?
>
> No :-)
>

Oh, good :)


>
> Gerv


C.J.

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