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Re: [CAcert-Policy] CPS bugs. Vote please. Colosing date of votes21 October 12pm UTC


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  • From: "Peter Williams" <home_pw AT msn.com>
  • To: "'Policy-Discussion'" <cacert-policy AT lists.cacert.org>
  • Subject: Re: [CAcert-Policy] CPS bugs. Vote please. Colosing date of votes21 October 12pm UTC
  • Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:49:22 -0700
  • List-archive: <https://lists.cacert.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/cacert-policy>
  • List-id: Policy-Discussion <cacert-policy.lists.cacert.org>

Is a subroot simply a first- or nth-level subordinate CA chained from a root?

They are contemplating removing from the registry those roots that have 
subordinate CAs in their trust network?

As that really doesn’t make any sense, technically, it makes me wondering if 
subroot is something other than a simple subordinate CA, chained up to the 
root.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cacert-policy-bounces AT lists.cacert.org]
 On Behalf Of Philipp Dunkel
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:43 AM
To: Policy-Discussion
Subject: Re: [CAcert-Policy] CPS bugs. Vote please. Colosing date of votes21 
October 12pm UTC

Hi,

I think it time to make something quite clear. Sub roots are not an  
option. I have nothing against keeping the possibility open for some  
day in the far future but now they are not even worth contemplating.

Now here is as to why. Both M$ and MZ have decided that they are not a  
[g]ood idea. They are contemplating removing subrooted CAs from their  
browsers. That means that if we want to be on browsers we won't be  
doing sub roots.







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