[TriLUG] CACert

[Jeff Tickle]

Brian McCullough wrote:
> On another note, I have fully completed my registration in the CACert
> Web of Trust, similar to the PGP and Thawte WoT programs.
> Unfortunately, a single member of the WoT cannot provide enough points
> to someone to allow them full control over their certificates ( names,
> organizations, etc. ).  As well, there is a move afoot ( pushed by
> Mozilla and other browser people ) to not allow "unsure" server
> certificates.  That is, without the required number of WoT points CACert
> will not issue a server certificate at all.  Today, like the Thawte Free
> E-Mail certificates, the certificate is issued without a real
> CommonName.
> 
> Where this is going is that I am looking for more people who would like
> to become members of the CACert Web of Trust, so that interested
> certificate holders will have the abillity to acquire enough points 
> easily in this area to, shall we say, sign their certificates.  The
> process is an easy, face-to-face meeting, using a form available on the
> CACert.org site.

I'm particularly interested in this.  Does this mean if, for example, we
got a bunch of TriLUG members together to get the appropriate amount of
WoT points, we can generate CACert certificates?  I'm most definitely
interested!  I really want to do some secure serving, but I'm not
interested in paying for a certificate, but on the other hand I hate
issuing an untrusted certificate that I generated myself.

-Jeff