Re: rpem: current status

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From: Rich C. Ankney
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 12:50

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The latest draft of RFC 1114 (not yet "published") is downplaying the use of
RSADSI to co-issue certificates.  An appendix mentions two ways to get a
certificate:  acquire a "Certificate Signature Unit" (made, I believe, by
BBN) for your organization, or let RSADSI co-issue your certificates.  The
CSU (a/k/a the "Certificate Postage Meter") would hold your organization's
private key and account for each certificate (I guess you insert your public
key and $25 in coins and it gives you a certificate :-).  RSADSI would issue
certificates for those organizations which don't have enough volume to merit
buying a CSU.

/ Rich Ankney

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Subject: Re: rpem: current status
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