RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
Frank, > No. I'm simply stating that there are CA-related issues which may not > warrant us having a formal policy on, but which we may have an opinion > on that we want to express. > > To take another example: our policy doesn't address the issue of whether > CAs issue end entity certs directly f

Re: How do I find a certificate using SubjectPublicKeyInfo data?

2008-03-26 Thread Subrata Mazumdar
Thanks Robert. I will follow your suggestion and iterate over the list and use the context to filter out cert before comparing the SPKIs. -- Subrata Robert Relyea wrote: > Subrata Mazumdar wrote: >> Hi, >> is there any way I can find the certificate associated with a public >> key using >> the

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
Eddy, > The problem I'm seeing right now is, which isn't a problem of yours per > se, that if Mozilla approves the upgrade to EV status, your CA roots > will receive further anchors in the software, making it even more > difficult to receive the cooperation I'm seeking on the issues, not > speaking

Re: How do I find a certificate using SubjectPublicKeyInfo data?

2008-03-26 Thread Robert Relyea
Subrata Mazumdar wrote: Hi, is there any way I can find the certificate associated with a public key using the SubjectPublicKeyInfo (CERTSubjectPublicKeyInfo)? I am looking for public API and not too low level. I looked in the .../nss/certdb/cert.h and .../nss/pk11wrap/pk11pub.h files - cou

Re: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Robin Alden: > From Frank's most recent reply I accept the reason for the consideration of > all aspects of our operation, but perhaps that separation should be made > more clear between those matters we are discussing here which are relevant > to the EV enabling of our roots within (what we hope t

Re: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Robin Alden: >> - We are not seeking to cause any harm to Comodo or unilaterally remove >> the roots from NSS. However can we seek the cooperation on the issues >> which were raised and is Comodo willing to address this issues in good >> faith? >> > [Robin said...] We are willing to address is

Ten years

2008-03-26 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 11:09 PM -0400 3/25/08, Frank Hecker wrote: >As long as >domain names can be re-registered to different owners, there is always >this potential to some degree. It doesn't matter whether the cert >lifetime is 10 years, 1 year, or 1 week. Exactly right. A CA re-affirms the binding between the pub

Re: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Frank Hecker
Robin Alden wrote: >> Issuing >> long-lived DV certs and wildcard DV certs may be particular practices >> worth our having some formal positions on, even if they're not >> addressed >> by our official policy. > [Robin said...] > There I have to disagree to some degree. > You have a policy which

Re: Changing the CA rules

2008-03-26 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Paul Hoffman: > At 2:55 PM +0200 3/26/08, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: > >> - We are not seeking to cause any harm to Comodo or unilaterally remove >> the roots from NSS. However can we seek the cooperation on the issues >> which were raised and is Comodo willing to address this issues in go

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> Robin, I have a request to make. Lets put aside for a minute the > procedural matters and let me ask you a few questions: > > - We are not seeking to cause any harm to Comodo or unilaterally remove > the roots from NSS. However can we seek the cooperation on the issues > which were raised and is

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: > > Robin, just to answer this one... > > > > Robin Alden: > >> [Robin said...] A fair point, and perhaps that is a whole other > >> problem. Our CA *does* have > >> roots in NSS. > >> > > > > This is correct. However your CA roots are considered legacy roots > w

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> Robin, just to answer this one... > > Robin Alden: > > [Robin said...] > > A fair point, and perhaps that is a whole other problem. Our CA > *does* have > > roots in NSS. > > > > This is correct. However your CA roots are considered legacy roots > which > were inherited from the Netscape era.

Re: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Frank Hecker
Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: > Robin, just to answer this one... > > Robin Alden: >> [Robin said...] A fair point, and perhaps that is a whole other >> problem. Our CA *does* have >> roots in NSS. >> > > This is correct. However your CA roots are considered legacy roots which > were inh

Changing the CA rules

2008-03-26 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 2:55 PM +0200 3/26/08, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote: >- We are not seeking to cause any harm to Comodo or unilaterally remove >the roots from NSS. However can we seek the cooperation on the issues >which were raised and is Comodo willing to address this issues in good >faith? Why just Comodo

Re: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Robin, just to answer this one... Robin Alden: > [Robin said...] > A fair point, and perhaps that is a whole other problem. Our CA *does* have > roots in NSS. > This is correct. However your CA roots are considered legacy roots which were inherited from the Netscape era. Many critics have r

Re: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Robin, I have a request to make. Lets put aside for a minute the procedural matters and let me ask you a few questions: - We are not seeking to cause any harm to Comodo or unilaterally remove the roots from NSS. However can we seek the cooperation on the issues which were raised and is Comodo w

Re: Project Dogtag, an open source certificate system

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marc Desperrier
Frank Hecker wrote: > [...] > Basically Dogtag is to Red Hat Certificate System as Fedora is to Red > Hat Enterprise Linux. > > Congratulations to all the people at Red Hat, Sun, and Netscape who > worked on this product over the years, and especially to the folks at > Red Hat who finally managed t

RE: Comodo request for EV-enabling 3 existing roots

2008-03-26 Thread Robin Alden
> >> But by issuing *domain validated* certificate for up to *ten years*, > >> without revalidation is completely irresponsible and borders on > gross > >> negligent. > >> > > [Robin said...] > > I disagree. With a DV certificate the only thing that we are > warranting is > > that the key holder c