On Thursday 13 December 2007 09:53:51 pm Nelson Bolyard wrote: > So, one wonders: > - Does signed email become something only EV-eligible parties can send? Is it really "EV" equivalent? Is there really enough rigour being applied to make sure these people are "really nice and friendly"? How does goodmail make sure it isn't being spoofed?
> - Does this kill S/MIME? or I think S/MIME is dying all on its own... > - Should we enlist the CABForum to issue EV certs for email, and promote > a competing system based on S/MIME, for use in mail clients such as > ThunderBird and Outlook Express (or its Vista equivalent), and try > to keep S/MIME alive? Might be a worthwhile thing. > - or maybe: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em? That is, add this format > to Thunderbird as an alternative format for signed email? Maybe, but you need to do the "who the hell are these guys" investigation first. Brad _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
