Re: Fault with some Thawte certificates

From: No Spam (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 06/24/03 

Date: 24 Jun 2003 15:55:31 -0500

In article <Qw%Ja.4740$fk5.2430@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com>,
alun@texis.com says...
> In article <3ef86d57$0$56598$bed64819@pubnews.gradwell.net>, "Robin"
> <Robin@spongle.uk> wrote:
> >http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-news/ssl-230603.html
>
> Hmm... let's see... instantssl.com takes you to a site that's full of
> details of "Comodo Group". Robin posts from NNTP-posting-host 81.2.119.210,
> and a quick check with nslookup reveals:
>
> C:\>nslookup 81.2.119.210
> Server: ns.texis.com
> Address: 192.168.0.1
>
> Name: brad-fw1.comodogroup.com
> Address: 81.2.119.210
>
> Now, why on earth would anyone want to trust the word of a company that goes
> through such a deceitful means of publicising their press releases? You
> know, I might have been pleased to read this posting, if you'd stated up
> front that you are an employee of the company, forwarding a link to a
> press-release that you felt was of general interest, but when you hide
> behind a shield of anonymity (and forget to hide the obvious), you make it
> look like you have something more sinister to hide.
>
> Alun.
> ~~~~
>
Alun,

It's actually true. I had one of the certificates with a duplicate
serial number. Thawte reissued it today at no charge. The whole process
took about 30 minutes, but it did require phone contact with Thawte to
ensure the reissue was expeditied. It is somewhat inconvenient to go
through this under IIS 6, since a new CSR is required instead of a
renewal CSR.

Most people will probably want to stick with Thawte since they are a
root CA and not chained like InstantSSL.

But I agree, spamming a news group is bad.

Don

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