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Re: [atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT
So what? It's not like there's no value for your money in it... you end
up with a digital cert! The fact that some people champion the idea that
all you need is an email address to be part of this organization is
indicative of a serious organizational legitimacy flaw.
All we need to do is take the Internet Society as our model. After all,
it takes quite a bit more than simply an email address to join ISOC...
How inclusive is ISOC? Yet, they are a recognized participant in the
ICANN atlarge sham.... Why? It's simple, they have real members! They
can vouchsafe the existence of their membership! We cannot, and we
think that ICANN or anyone else is going to seriously consider our
ragtag eforts without a means of identity verification being instituted?
Think again.
Wake up, folks!
-Sotiris Sotiropoulos
Eric Dierker wrote:
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!
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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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