Re: [db-wg] Re: [ncc-services-wg] X.509 authentication in the RIPE Database

["Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" <]

  Randy,

>let the RIRs spend a few of the bucks they have getting their certs
>signed by a well-trusted root CA.

  is there any?

  Or to be more precise, why (as an RIR customer) should I trust a
  commercial CA more than a RIR?

>randy

  I think what is happening here is a misunderstanding and/or an attempt
  to mix and match advantages, capabilities and technology of a
  hierarchical 3rd party trust system vs. a (PGP-like) web of trust
  approach.

  Wilfried.