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  Morten Gulbrandsen    Group moderator

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  02 Oct 2009, 10:53 pm

  Bad news http://www.gswot.org/thawte-eol Thawte WoT End of Life

  The Thawte Web of Trust will be discontinued effective November 16, 2009. See Thawte's Web of Trust End of Life FAQ for more information.
  
  If you think you might ever find yourself starting or becoming involved in a WoT project that would recognize your participation in the Thawte Web of Trust, then here's a way to make sure folks know you were indeed a Thawte Web of Trust Notary. The Gossamer Spider Web of Trust recognizes Thawte Web of Trust Notaries, and will continue to do so until November 16, 2010 in regards to those Thawte Web of Trust Notaries who complete this process. The Thawte Web of Trust Notaries list will be maintained for a period of one year commencing on the date of discontinuation of the Thawte Web of Trust. The intention of the Thawte Web of Trust Notaries list is to provide the community with more time to create or find a PKI that might recognize former Thawte Web of Trust Notary status.
  
  
  Thawte WoT End of Life FAQ is at https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/i....
  
  Effectively I will loose my thawte notary title, verisign has currently no plans of a similar service. In my opinion thawte was far superior to cacert for some reasons. But it is possible that cacert can catch up and will be able to accept all prior thawte notaries.
  
  What is your experience? do we need thawte notaries when there is a cacert organisation? Can CAcert web of trust replace the thawte web of trust? Would you like to apply for a gossamer membership?
  
  
  Morten
  
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  Morten Gulbrandsen wrote: > The Thawte Web of Trust will be discontinued effective November 16, > 2009. See Thawte's Web of Trust End of Life FAQ for more information. > > If you think you might ever find yourself starting or becoming > involved in a WoT project that would recognize your participation in > the Thawte Web of Trust, then here's a way to make sure folks know > you were indeed a Thawte Web of Trust Notary. The Gossamer Spider Web > of Trust recognizes Thawte Web of Trust Notaries, and will continue > to do so until November 16, 2010 in regards to those Thawte Web of > Trust Notaries who complete this process. The Thawte Web of Trust > Notaries list will be maintained for a period of one year commencing > on the date of discontinuation of the Thawte Web of Trust. The > intention of the Thawte Web of Trust Notaries list is to provide the > community with more time to create or find a PKI that might recognize > former Thawte Web of Trust Notary status. > > > Thawte WoT End of Life FAQ is at > https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page= > content&id=SO12658. > > Effectively I will loose my thawte notary title, verisign has > currently no plans of a similar service. In my opinion thawte was far > superior to cacert for some reasons. But it is possible that cacert > can catch up and will be able to accept all prior thawte notaries. > > What is your experience? do we need thawte notaries when there is a > cacert organisation? Can CAcert web of trust replace the thawte web > of trust? Would you like to apply for a gossamer membership? > > > Morten > > 0x81802954
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  Bernd Eckenfels    Group moderator

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  08 Oct 2009, 7:26 pm

  Re: Bad news http://www.gswot.org/thawte-eol Thawte WoT End of Life

  AFAIK CAcert allows you to import Tawte state as points to CAcert with the TVerify program:
  
  http://wiki.cacert.org/ThawteNotary
  
  Greetings
  Bernd
  
  Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > AFAIK CAcert allows you to import Tawte state as points to CAcert > with the TVerify program: > > http://wiki.cacert.org/ThawteNotary > > Greetings > Bernd