Policy-Discussion

[Graham Freeman <graham.freeman AT cernio.com>]

Hi, folks,

I just joined the list this evening, though I've been using  
CACert.org for at least a year.   I've long felt that the SSL  
industry bears an uncanny resemblance to a cartel, so it's  
encouraging that a project like CACert.org exists, is functional, and  
appears to be sustainable.

A brief introduction:

I'm a 26-year-old US citizen.  I live in the agricultural/University- 
dominated city of Davis, in the US state of California.  Davis is an  
hour by car from San Francisco in the West, and about 20-minutes from  
Sacramento in the East.  At my day job as the Datacenter Security  
Administrator for the University of California at Davis, I work with  
my colleagues to improve security in the countless servers and  
network equipment that we host in the campus datacenter.  Some time  
soon I plan to get my CISSP certification.  My main "extra- 
curricular" activity is working to turn my small internet services  
business into a cooperative.

I've joined this list for many reasons, not the least of which is the  
fact that I think our two projects (CACert.org and Cernio ICT  
Cooperative) could benefit from collaborating.  At the very least,  
Cernio will make use of CACert's services in its efforts to educate  
its members on PKI and encourage them to make greater use of  
encryption.  We will contribute financially.  Also, I intend to join  
CACert's Assurance Programme - it's just a matter of taking the time  
to have my notary and attorney each verify my identity and then mail  
off a packet to Australia.

If you'd like to read more about what the Cernio ICT Cooperative is  
doing, I encourage you to read our current organizational outline:
http://www.cernio.com/cooperative/

Thanks, and I look forward to participating in discussions such as  
the recent one about CACert's mission!

Graham Freeman
Cernio ICT Cooperative
graham.freeman AT cernio.com

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