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RE: IP: SSL Certificate "Monopoly" Bears Financial Fruit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamesd@echeque.com)
Fri Jul 12 11:04:22 2002
From: jamesd@echeque.com
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com, cypherpunks@lne.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:24:27 -0700
In-reply-to: <002901c228b4$14522fb0$6501a8c0@LUCKYVAIO>
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On 11 Jul 2002 at 1:22, Lucky Green wrote:
> "Trusted roots" have long been bought and sold on the secondary
> market as any other commodity. For surprisingly low amounts, you
> too can own a trusted root that comes pre-installed in >95% of
> all web browsers deployed.
How much, typically?
And who actually owns these numerous trusted roots?
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James A. Donald
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