status of NSS FIPS-140 certification on SPARC Solaris 10

2009-01-27 Thread alex . agranov
Hi, I wonder if someone could clear to me the status of NSS FIPS-140 certification on SPARC Solaris 10. According to https://wiki.mozilla.org/FIPS_Validation the latest certified NSS "crypto module" version is 3.11.4 (AFAIK this "crypto module" is part of NSS libraries 3.11.4 and 3.11.5) and the

Re: DSV/S-TRUST root inclusion request

2009-01-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
(OT: Just culture) On 17.12.2008 13:11, Ian G wrote: Have they legislated that pi is 3 again? Welcome to Europe, we hope you enjoyed your flight, and will travel on pi airlines around the globe again :) For the record, it was the US - Indiana specifically - which legislated pi, see a quick

Re: DSV/S-TRUST root inclusion request

2009-01-27 Thread Eddy Nigg
On 01/27/2009 10:36 PM, Ben Bucksch: On 16.12.2008 23:04, Frank Hecker wrote: However I suspect that S-TRUST is constrained in its practices by the relevant German laws and/or EU directives. Unfortunately I couldn't find any references that address this particular issue. Even if so, such a law

Re: DSV/S-TRUST root inclusion request

2009-01-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
On 16.12.2008 23:04, Frank Hecker wrote: However I suspect that S-TRUST is constrained in its practices by the relevant German laws and/or EU directives. Unfortunately I couldn't find any references that address this particular issue. Even if so, such a law wouldn't preclude a root *specifical

Re: DSV/S-TRUST root inclusion request

2009-01-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
On 16.12.2008 18:43, Frank Hecker wrote: S-TRUST is operated by Deutscher Sparkassenverlag (DSV) Just a little background on this: Sparkasse is a "mutual savings bank". They are fairly popular in Germany: Every region has its own (and their geographical coverage usually does not overlap much)

Re: DSV/S-TRUST root inclusion request

2009-01-27 Thread Eddy Nigg
On 01/22/2009 08:35 PM, Eddy Nigg: I've received answers from the representative of S-Trust at the bug. As suspect right from the beginning, there is no such law or requirement as claimed initially that justifies the issuing of new roots every year for a life-time of only five years. For further

Re: Fully open operation

2009-01-27 Thread Ian G
Hi Ben, There is a danger in editing out the subtleties, and then discovering it says what we want :) That "..." is significant! On 27/1/09 11:45, Ben Bucksch wrote: On 14.01.2009 18:49, Ian G wrote: In _Rampell_ [2]: "... Those audits are relied on not only by the clients on whose financia

Re: Fully open operation

2009-01-27 Thread Ben Bucksch
On 14.01.2009 18:49, Ian G wrote: In _Rampell_ [2]: "... Those audits are relied on not only by the clients on whose financial matters audits are performed but upon a host of other individuals and entities who may rely on the information in making their own economic decisions. Audited statemen