Re: [atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

How so that this be painless,
I understand a CPA, Attorney and/or bank manager charges for such things as 
you sugggest.

Perhaps you could explain further?

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> 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!
> 
> ----------------
> 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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