Re: PKI and Relying Parties

From: Paul Rubin (phr-n2002a@nightsong.com)
Date: 03/29/02


From: Paul Rubin <phr-n2002a@nightsong.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2002 22:32:54 -0800

Citizen Fish <fishy@<tut tut>answer.me.uk> writes:
> (In my opinion) Any public CA not providing 1) and a relying party
> agreement against it is a waste of time. Essentially you need to strike up
> relying party agreements with CAs (and their revocation lists) which ensure
> that they carry liability for not meeting their advertised CPs, which will
> include authentication process, crl publishing frequency and process.

Do these even exists? I've seen CA agreements that indemnify the
cert holder in various ways, but I've never seen one that promised
anything for relying parties.



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  • Re: PKI and Relying Parties
    ... I've seen CA agreements that indemnify the ... >> cert holder in various ways, but I've never seen one that promised ... > Be-aware that these agreements provide liability against the CA process NOT ... > authentication process. ...
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