[atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

When you request a freemail certificate from Thawte, they send you the 
following message:

HOW TO GET YOUR NAME IN YOUR CERT:
Your certificate will not contain your name, because we have no basis to 
know that you are who you say you are. If you want to get your name into 
your certificate there are currently two different ways to do so:

1. Trusted Third Parties
  If you follow this process, you will be obligated to become  a Web of 
Trust Notary (see note 2, for more information).
  If you know or can find any two of the following:
     (a) a CPA
     (b) a practicing Attorney
     (c) a Bank Manager
  Then you can ask them to certify your identity to Thawte. More 
information about this is available on the following page: 
http://www.thawte.com/html/COMMUNITY/wot/ttp.html

2. Web of Trust
  You can try to find a Web of Trust notary in the Directory of 
Notaries. Visit that notary with a copy of your identity documents, and 
you will be notarized up to 35 points. You need 50 points to get your 
name in your certs, and 100 points to become a notary yourself. The 
Directory is online at https://www.thawte.com/cgi/personal/wot/directory.exe

If you go through one of these processes you will be able to put your 
name into any of your certificates!

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It's real easy folks, quite painless too...  
Also, I must underscore the point that there are Web of  Trust notaries 
available from Antarctica to Zimbabwe and most places in between: 
https://www.thawte.com/cgi/personal/wot/directory.exe

It's time we set about legitimzing our organization and we cannot wait 
for the perfect solution, because that will probably never become 
available.  We must try something more than what we've tried to-date 
(which is nothing!).  I doubt very much that there's a single person who 
is subscribed as a member of our organization who cannot fulfil one of 
the two options above to acquire a Thawte certificate.

Be Well,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos




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