Re: [ICPL] Electronic Signatures

["King, Dennis C." <dck22 () ALFRED EDU>]

Jim,

The Network Manager and I went through the "Trusted Third Party" method
to become Thawte Notaries so we could notarize user certificates to
contain their name.  You will find that it takes 50 points for a user to
add their name to a certificate and the most a notary can grant is 35
points.  If you want additional information, please reply to me
directly.

We are spreading the word about digitally signed mail and offering a
solution with a world wide CA at no cost rather than settin up a local
CA whose certificates are not always well accepted off campus. 


Dennis

Dennis C King
Information Security Officer
Alfred University
McMahon 247 , Alfred, NY 14802
email: dck22 () alfred edu - phone: 607.871.2379 



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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] [ICPL] Electronic Signatures

Right now, some people just want the ability to digitally sign email, so
that real email can be distinguished from spoofed.  I am looking at
becoming a Thawte notary so that they can get freemail certs, and I can
be an on-campus notary.  Depending on load, we might have more on-campus
notaries.  But Thawte freemail, seems to not be as common as it once
was, although still viable.  Anyone know what happened?  

Anyone have a good solution/ war story about on or off campus CA/Certs.


If you have implemented digital signatures, where did your customer
requirements come from? 

Jim

P.S. Judy, when you get done with your presentation, please share it
with me too. 
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Jim Moore, CISSP, IAM
Information Security Officer
Rochester Institute of Technology
13 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
(585) 475-5406 (office)
(585) 475-4122 (lab)
(585) 475-7950 (fax)
 
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has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one."
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