Re: Certificate Authorities

From: Adam Shostack (adamat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 21 1999 - 07:46:30 PDT

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    An outside CA can be useful if that CA is willing to offload liability 
    for you.  In other words, will they pay you if they've issued a
    certificate incorrectly?  If not, do you want to rely on them?
    
    Adam
    
    On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:25:34AM -0700, Joe Ippolito wrote:
    | Is the expense of having an outside source provide CA keys for my organization justified if I properly protect my own CA server on-site?.
    | 
    | Thanks for your input.
    
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