> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:51 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Self-signed certificates > > On Monday 23 January 2006 05:44 pm, Thomas E Dukes wrote: > > > I'm not trying to be cheap but this is a crock! 128 bit is 128 bit! > > Browsers should be able to recognize the encryption method, not the > > name. I mean, that's what its all about. > > Hmmmm... You've lost me again <frown>. > > If you mean cert distributors, you can buy certs for about > $10 from GoDaddy, and yes, browsers recognize them. Is that with their hosting package or can you buy it outright? And browsers will accept them without a "security alert"? > > If you mean the browser should recognize the cert as a cert > and not care about the name it's issued for, that can't work > because the purpose of a cert is to guarantee you're talking > to whom you think you're talking to. So the domain name has > to be in there. The name I was referring to was the issuing authority not the domain name for which it was issued to. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > 1254 So Waterman Ave., Suite 50, San Bernardino, CA 92408 > Our blists address used on lists is for list email only Phone > +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html" > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >