|
North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: OT: is it possible for an individual (not a business) to get a valid SSL certificate
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Mercer" <[email protected]> To: "Noah" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:05 AM Subject: Re: OT: is it possible for an individual (not a business) to get a valid SSL certificate > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:50:41AM -0400, Noah wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Jim Mercer wrote: > > > i want to get a useful SSL certificate for my personal webserver. > > > (and have customers who would like to do so as well). > > > > > > i've talked to cibc.com/verisign, the canadian verisign affiliate, and they > > > tell me they can only do certificates for registered businesses. > > > > You may want to give equifax a shot (http://www.equifaxsecure.com/). They > > have a "Non-Government Organization" category, which requires letterhead > > from the CEO of the company confirming proof of right. They also have the > > mondo-spiffy wildcard caertificates (cert works for *.domain.dom). > > while it would be trivial for me to go out and register "Jim Mercer & Company" > as a proprietorship ($50 CDN registration fee for 5 years i think), i fail > to see why this is necessary. > > a person is a business, in that it is a taxable entity, can incur debt, etc, > etc, etc. > > should a copy of my passport not suffice? > > as a follow-up, i eventually ended up talking to the Toronto office of Thawte, > and they will accept: > > - passport/drivers license > - bank statement, tax roll notice or other paper showing address and > "existence" > - paper letter from the admin contact of the domain deeming the individual > as responsible for the SSL certificate (if the individual's name does > not appear as the "owner" of the domain). > > after some discussion, it was agreed that a passport would double both as > verification of ID, as well as certification of recognition by an outside > entity (ie. the government). > > as such, i can likely get an SSL certificate with just my passport, drivers > license (as a secondary piece of documentation) and a letter deeming me as > responsible for the domainname (as my name does not actually exist as the > registrant, but i am the admin contact). > > > There's also www.freessl.com, but their cert only works with IE5.01 or > > better. > > is netscape going to add them as a default as well? > > -- > [ Jim Mercer [email protected] +1 416 410-5633 ] > [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]
|