CACert?

[Bill McGonigle]

Are there others here who use or are interested in using CACert 
certificates?  I'm a 150-point notary now, and if we get two others we 
can churn out more notaries.  We also have the option of having a 
keysigning event where CACert will lend temporary points.

For those who are unfamiliar, CACert issues free SSL (X.509) 
certificates.  The pro is they base assurance on a web-of-trust and 
face-to-face meetings, unlike Verisign, et. al. who will issue anybody 
a Microsoft, Inc. certificate.  The con is all the revenue they make is 
insufficient to pay for root-certificate inclusion in the Big Browsers. 
  As I see it their primary obstacle is their small size, hence this 
message.  If we could get 50 notaries in New Hampshire (and others 
followed suit), things might start to happen.  You could sign 
certificates for your co-workers, family, etc.  This is good for 
security, free-software folk and cypherpunks alike.

Currently there are 5 notaries in NH: 
<https://www.cacert.org/wot.php?id=1&regid=4570>
     * Brentwood (Rockingham) (Listed: 1)
     * Derry (Rockingham) (Listed: 1)
     * Dover (Strafford) (Listed: 1)
     * Plainfield (Sullivan) (Listed: 1)
     * Portsmouth (Rockingham) (Listed: 1)

Which tends to suggest that our folks in Rockingham county would be the 
best candidates for becoming notaries, perhaps using GNHLUG meetings to 
do keysignings to spread the cred.

http://cacert.org

If anyone's interested we could put together a plan.

-Bill
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