I have to agree, the website was designed badly. However, I'm sure that with increased interest and support, the website can and will be improved.
I have been a CAcert user since last November and an Assurer since March. I know the Marketing/PR director for CAcert has just had published an article about CAcert (once in an Aussie-Linux-type journal and, more recently, in;Login: , the official magazine of USENIX, I believe). The article addresses several issues concerning the actual security, benefit, etc. of having a free certification authority. While I'm not sure when/where/if his article will be available in the states, I do know that the article has but to rest many fears about CAcert and (from what he tells me) has even converted some people over to the CAcert philosophy... Privacy is a Right!
There just so happens to be an assurer in Seattle. While I can't/won't give out his info (for privacy reasons, obviously), I can tell you this. Once you sign up for an initial Cert, you can then access a list of assurers that span the globe.
I have been a CAcert user since last November and an Assurer since March. I actually found out about CAcert from a friend who was helping me learn about security. He happened to find it while surfing the web. Since then, we have both become assurers (via third-party assurance) and he is putting his MBA to good use as the Marketing/PR director for CAcert. I know that he has just had published an article about CAcert (once in an Aussie-Linux-type journal and, more recently, in;Login: , the official magazine of USENIX, I believe). The article addresses several issues concerning the actual security, benefit, etc. of having a free certification authority. While I'm not sure when/where/if his article will be available in the states, I do know that the article has but to rest many fears about CAcert and (from what he tells me) has even converted some people over to the CAcert philosophy...Privacy is a Right!
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I have to agree, the website was designed badly. However, I'm sure that with increased interest and support, the website can and will be improved.
I have been a CAcert user since last November and an Assurer since March. I know the Marketing/PR director for CAcert has just had published an article about CAcert (once in an Aussie-Linux-type journal and, more recently, in ;Login: , the official magazine of USENIX, I believe). The article addresses several issues concerning the actual security, benefit, etc. of having a free certification authority. While I'm not sure when/where/if his article will be available in the states, I do know that the article has but to rest many fears about CAcert and (from what he tells me) has even converted some people over to the CAcert philosophy... Privacy is a Right!
There just so happens to be an assurer in Seattle. While I can't/won't give out his info (for privacy reasons, obviously), I can tell you this. Once you sign up for an initial Cert, you can then access a list of assurers that span the globe.
I have been a CAcert user since last November and an Assurer since March. I actually found out about CAcert from a friend who was helping me learn about security. He happened to find it while surfing the web. Since then, we have both become assurers (via third-party assurance) and he is putting his MBA to good use as the Marketing/PR director for CAcert. I know that he has just had published an article about CAcert (once in an Aussie-Linux-type journal and, more recently, in ;Login: , the official magazine of USENIX, I believe). The article addresses several issues concerning the actual security, benefit, etc. of having a free certification authority. While I'm not sure when/where/if his article will be available in the states, I do know that the article has but to rest many fears about CAcert and (from what he tells me) has even converted some people over to the CAcert philosophy...Privacy is a Right!