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CROSS POSTED: S/MIME, PKCS#7, PKCS#10, CMS-API , SSL, PKI, CA , test tools and interop test bed (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Sun Jul 6 21:33:52 1997
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: coderpunks@toad.com (The Coderpunks list)
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 11:16:00 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: cryptography@c2.net (Cryptography Mail list)
Thought this would be of interest on Coderpunks & cryptography.
----- Forwarded message from Michel Ranger -----
>From list@glacier.mcom.com Fri Jul 4 22:55:08 1997
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From: Michel Ranger <michel.ranger@entrust.com>
To: "'chal.sec-l@ema.org'" <'chal.sec-l@ema.org'>,
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"'smime-dev@rsa.com'" <'smime-dev@rsa.com'>,
S/MIME Test <smimetst@entrust.com>
To: "'ssl-talk@netscape.com'" <ssl-talk@netscape.com>
Subject: CROSS POSTED: S/MIME, PKCS#7, PKCS#10, CMS-API , SSL, PKI, CA , test tools and interop test bed
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 22:37:23 -0400
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>Greetings,
>
>This message has been posted to a number of lists, sorry if you got multiple
>copies.
>
>We have put together the next phase of a set of test tools, products and
>auto-responders to assist developers with various security technologies.
>
>Some of you know and use the following, but we have moved, thus the service
>was interrupted for a while.
>
>We have restored and re-organized to expand the services.
>
>
>S/MIME - PKCS#7 Messages : mailto:smimetst@entrust.com
>------------------------
>You can send an e-mail message to smimetst@entrust.com
>This will allow developers and users to send and receive all kinds of
>S/MIME-PKCS#7 messages to and from this auto-responder.
>
>This will help in testing dual key to single key, and vice
>versa interop. For a discussion of dual key systems, please see
>http://www.entrust.com/library.htm#key_pairs
>
Many vendors in the RSA S/MIME interop tests(
>http://www.rsa.com/rsa/S-MIME/smime_test.htm) , the EMA Security Challenge
and the EDI over internet have demonstrated interop between single and
>dual key systems.
>
>This will be useful to those that want to interop with dual key based,
>public CAs and their clients.
>
>SSL Client Certs : Instant Gratification
>----------------------------------------
>http://www.entrust.com/webmenu.htm
>
>This web site will allow you to get x509v1 certs, quickly.
>If you want x509v3, see below.
>
>PKCS#10, CAPI, SSL Web Server Certs : Instant Gratification
>--------------------------------------------
>http://www.entrust.com/webmenu.htm
>This web site will allow you to get x509v1 certs, quickly.
>If you want x509V3 and/or support for Microsoft IE that is not yet on the
>instant demo yet, you can download Entrust/WebCA from
>http://www.entrust.com/webca_readme.htm
>
>Misc Certificate Request Tool : Entrust/WebCA
>----------------------------------------------
>If you want x509V3 and/or support for Microsoft IE that is not yet on the
>instant demo or for those that want to set up their own CA for testing
>and interop to issue certs to web servers, browsers and S/MIME e-mail
>packages, you can download Entrust/WebCA for free from
>http://www.entrust.com/webca_readme.htm
>
>Note : We have done testing with a few S/MIME user agents and it worked for
>them in our tests, but any feedback for others is appreciated.
>
>Future Services
>---------------
>Entrust, Entrust customers and our partners will be rolling out a number of
>new auto-responder CAs in order to prototype a collection of next generation
>public service CAs and enterprise CAs coming on line in the coming months.
>Watch our web site for additional information.
>
>Best effort, legal disclaimer, Community Self-Support, etc
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Alas, we have spent a lot of time and money getting this to this stage.
>These on-line CAs are for demonstration and development purposes.
>No background checks are done before issuing the instant certs.
WebCA users, can do their own background checks if they choose, before
issuing certs. See http://www.entrust.com/why.htm and
http://www.entrust.com/insource.htm for additional technical information
in this regard.
Final Note
----------
>Many of our developers spent their nights and weekends getting this going,
>and now it's time for them to move to other projects. We'll do our best
>to keep things up to date, but this developer service is described by the
>legalese words "best-effort".
>
>
Hope this helps move a few yardsticks forward,
>
>Michel
>
>----------------------------------------------
>Michel Ranger
>Entrust Technologies
>mailto:Michel.Ranger@entrust.com
>tel: 613-247-2577
>http://www.entrust.com
>
>
>Entrust Validation String : KQCZ-E5W7-RUPM
>
----- End of forwarded message from Michel Ranger -----
