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RE: [atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT
This is certianly something to persue. In fact, it would be a perfect way
to counter claims of ficticious users.
The idea of a Web of Trust notary is interesting. If we adopt such a thing
to validate our membership, it would be useful to have regional notaries
within our membership. Those wishing to serve in such a position could hold
centralized meetings in their region on a regular basis where new members
could visit to get certified.
Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon USA
bruce@barelyadequate.info
http://www.barelyadequate.info
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Sotiris Sotiropoulos [mailto:sotiris@hermesnetwork.com]
| Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 5:34 AM
| To: espresso@e-scape.net
| Cc: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
| Subject: [atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT
|
|
| 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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