Re: GlobalSign SubCA-audits

2008-08-26 Thread Eddy Nigg
Kyle Hamilton: > > Eddy: Can the root CA operator itself be the auditor of the sub-CAs, > and bring its auditing documentation to its own auditor? That's not > clear from the language you used; I'm assuming that sub-CAs cannot > audit themselves (but could perhaps audit sub-sub-CAs), but since it'

Re: GlobalSign SubCA-audits

2008-08-26 Thread Kyle Hamilton
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Thorsten Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Bug #378882 Eddy Nigg directed me here because of a SubCA audit > question: He states that root CAs in mozilla NSS must "Not circumvent > the audit requirement set forth by the Mozilla CA policy. > This means that the

Re: GlobalSign SubCA-audits

2008-08-26 Thread Eddy Nigg
Thorsten Becker: > > Can we say that it is neccessary (but not sufficient) to get included if > you have "independent" sub-CAs that they are linked logically and > legally to your root in a "sufficient" manner? Entities that are > physically external seem to be quite common (Enterprise CAs) > "Qui

Re: GlobalSign SubCA-audits

2008-08-26 Thread Thorsten Becker
Eddy, thanks for your elaborate answer. I have only a few questions (I'm still learning... ;-) ) Eddy Nigg schrieb: > > Let me add a few things here in order to make it clear what I meant: > > The Mozilla CA policy requires auditing of the CA and its > infrastructure. In the past there were v

Re: GlobalSign SubCA-audits

2008-08-26 Thread Eddy Nigg
Thorsten Becker: > In Bug #378882 Eddy Nigg directed me here because of a SubCA audit > question: He states that root CAs in mozilla NSS must "Not circumvent > the audit requirement set forth by the Mozilla CA policy. > This means that the CAs which belong to this PKI and are under this root > MUST