Re: Mozilla vs. Code Signing

2007-12-13 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Mhhh...where are status meetings concerning NSS etc. published? I think it used to be announced on this list in the past... Nelson Bolyard wrote: > Gervase Markham wrote, On 2007-11-16 08:35: > >> Nelson Bolyard wrote: >> >>> I suspect (and speculate here) that this is because code signin

Re: Mozilla vs. Code Signing

2007-12-13 Thread Nelson Bolyard
Gervase Markham wrote, On 2007-11-16 08:35: > Nelson Bolyard wrote: >> I suspect (and speculate here) that this is because code signing just >> isn't very important to Mozilla. > > I think it may (also) be true that all of the Mozilla people subscribed > either do not know very much about code s

Re: Mozilla vs. Code Signing

2007-11-16 Thread Frank Hecker
Nelson Bolyard wrote: > The CA/Browser Forum (a.k.a. CABForum), the same people who devised EV > certificates for SSL/TLS servers, are now working on defining EV for > code signing. {As Gerv put it, this is Frank, getting touch...) > So, my questions are: > - Can we get Mozilla's representatives

Re: Mozilla vs. Code Signing

2007-11-16 Thread Gervase Markham
Nelson Bolyard wrote: > I suspect (and speculate here) that this is because code signing just > isn't very important to Mozilla. I think it may (also) be true that all of the Mozilla people subscribed either do not know very much about code signing (me, for one) or don't feel empowered to speak

Re: Mozilla vs. Code Signing

2007-11-16 Thread Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)
Nelson Bolyard wrote: > The CA/Browser Forum (a.k.a. CABForum), the same people who devised EV > certificates for SSL/TLS servers, are now working on defining EV for > code signing. They're really working on defining code signing, what it > means, how it works, etc. They're addressing such fundam

Mozilla vs. Code Signing

2007-11-15 Thread Nelson Bolyard
The CA/Browser Forum (a.k.a. CABForum), the same people who devised EV certificates for SSL/TLS servers, are now working on defining EV for code signing. They're really working on defining code signing, what it means, how it works, etc. They're addressing such fundamental issues as whether signat