Or Linus Pauling. W&C admitted that he was very close (like months from figuring it out). (This from a New Yorker book review I read.)
While Franklink may be great, and certainly she was slighted since for example in my HS biology book they have her fameous photo without attributing it to her. But, W&C or Pauling would have certainly figured it out much faster if they had access to her information.
Fair enough but who do you trust? You trust M$, you trust Opera? Why do you trust them? You download or buy software and install it. Why do you trust the certificates they install on your system?
Wouldn't it be better if there were one place where all the root CAs were stored that are used for say browsers? Then they would be out in the open. Sure you can add more your self...
Finally why trust Verisign or Thawte? Why trust anyone? At least with an international organization it would be out in the open.
My question exactly. But in addition;
With each browser be it IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera... There is a list of root CA certificates. Who decides on these? I mean just because Mozilla trusts these why should we? Also the list of root certificates varies between browsers a little. Don't you think there should be an international organization that lists what are the CAs and then everyone should use them? After all if I trust other people I can just add them.
Why is there an organization that gives out IP addresses and domain names and not one for root certificates?
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Or Linus Pauling. W&C admitted that he was very close (like months from figuring it out). (This from a New Yorker book review I read.) While Franklink may be great, and certainly she was slighted since for example in my HS biology book they have her fameous photo without attributing it to her. But, W&C or Pauling would have certainly figured it out much faster if they had access to her information.
Fair enough but who do you trust? You trust M$, you trust Opera? Why do you trust them? You download or buy software and install it. Why do you trust the certificates they install on your system? Wouldn't it be better if there were one place where all the root CAs were stored that are used for say browsers? Then they would be out in the open. Sure you can add more your self... Finally why trust Verisign or Thawte? Why trust anyone? At least with an international organization it would be out in the open.
My question exactly. But in addition; With each browser be it IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera... There is a list of root CA certificates. Who decides on these? I mean just because Mozilla trusts these why should we? Also the list of root certificates varies between browsers a little. Don't you think there should be an international organization that lists what are the CAs and then everyone should use them? After all if I trust other people I can just add them. Why is there an organization that gives out IP addresses and domain names and not one for root certificates?