On Tuesday 30 December 2008 22:22:11 Gervase Markham wrote: > Ian G wrote: > > As far as I heard, the CABForum was also formed or inspired from a > > similar group of vendors (browsers) that got together at the invite of > > the Konqueror guy to talk about phishing one day ... > > I'm fairly sure it wasn't at the invitation of the Konqueror guy (George > Staikos), but a CA-led initiative right at the very beginning. But my > memory could be failing me, or there could have been meetings I didn't > know about.
Gerv, your memory is correct. Comodo instigated and hosted an "Industry Round Table" on May 17th 2005, inviting various CAs and Browser reps to attend. This meeting led directly to the formation of the CABForum. Comodo's intention was to stop the "race to the bottom" and to restore the value of the browser padlock by creating an industry standard for IV/OV and by persuading the browsers to differentiate between DV and IV/OV. (I just tried to post this same message with a PDF attachment containing the invitation to the "Industry Round Table", but it appears that that message was blocked). > > Question for now: is the CABForum still a closed group? > > Depends what you mean by 'closed'. There are membership criteria, and > anyone who fits the criteria can be a member. See the bottom of this page: > http://www.cabforum.org/forum.html > > Gerv > > _______________________________________________ > dev-tech-crypto mailing list > dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto -- Rob Stradling Senior Research & Development Scientist Comodo - Creating Trust Online Office Tel: +44.(0)1274.730505 Fax Europe: +44.(0)1274.730909 www.comodo.com Comodo CA Limited, Registered in England No. 04058690 Registered Office: 3rd Floor, 26 Office Village, Exchange Quay, Trafford Road, Salford, Manchester M5 3EQ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail containing this attachment. Replies to this email may be monitored by Comodo for operational or business reasons. Whilst every endeavour is taken to ensure that e-mails are free from viruses, no liability can be accepted and the recipient is requested to use their own virus checking software. _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
