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On 01/05/2009 11:09 AM, Peter Williams:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net">general-bounces@openid.net</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net">mailto:general-bounces@openid.net</a>] On<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Behalf Of Eric Norman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:43 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> As Eddy (and lots of others) said, there
are almost
certainly<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> no certificates in the field that have
been forged
with this<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> attack. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i>Eddy, did you really say that? ”almost
certainly no certificates…?”<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i>If you know of a URL that disproves
this, perhaps send
it to Eric. I’d expect most people in the CA business to know it. Even
the folks at cacert.org know it…<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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Can you show me a case where certificates where successfully used and
created damage to any relying parties? To all of my knowledge this is
not the case for this or that reason.<br>
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<td>Signer: </td>
<td>Eddy Nigg, <a href="http://www.startcom.org">StartCom Ltd.</a></td>
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<td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org">startcom@startcom.org</a></td>
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<td>Blog: </td>
<td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org">Join the Revolution!</a></td>
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<td>Phone: </td>
<td>+1.213.341.0390</td>
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