I would request PDF. (Then again, I'd also request a signed PDF; maybe Kathleen can get a PDF signing cert from StartCom? ;))
-Kyle H On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:31 AM, Eddy Nigg <eddy_n...@startcom.org> wrote: > On 12/17/2008 08:54 AM, Nelson B Bolyard: >> >> One of the reasons I asked the question is that MS Word files present a >> problem for me. >> > > I use OpenOffice, and you? > > Kathleen could have published those files as ODT, but I suspect that for the > benefit of all users, she preferred to publish DOC files so everybody could > read them, also those which DO use MS software for this purpose. Perhaps she > should publish them as PDF in the future. > > >> But I did dig up the URLs for the 4 CA certs, and examined those certs. >> Each of them has a separate subject name, public key, subject key ID, >> authority key ID, and of course validity period. > > As suspected and indicated in the document. > >> So, My advice is: just say no. Don't take on the burden of adding a >> new root CA cert every year when there is no good need. Please consider >> this an objection to including those roots in the root CA list. > > As indicated earlier, I think it unreasonable as well. And this is really > unfortunate, since it could have done a lot of good for S/MIME, specially > when considering the high usage/market share of Mozilla products in Germany > and the chance to have some 40 million potential users encrypting mail. > > I will wait for their response at the bug and examine the regulation of the > law they referred to. But most likely it won't change anything in the end. > It's hard to serve two masters in this case... > > > -- > Regards > > Signer: Eddy Nigg, StartCom Ltd. > Jabber: start...@startcom.org > Blog: https://blog.startcom.org > _______________________________________________ > dev-tech-crypto mailing list > dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto > _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
