Sign your Code


Just recently the new Firefox version 3.5 was released with many new features, whistle and bells….native video and audio support being one of them. Porn private browsing mode and super fast rendering just another. If you haven’t updated and tried the latest and greatest from the house of Mozilla, I highly recommend to do that now.

Another feature, albeit a lot less reported and modest is the addition of the Code Signing trust bit to the StartCom CA root. This means that applications and other code signed by a StartSSL™ code signing certificate are automatically trusted by Firefox. Since however applications and programs are typically installed at the operating system level instead the browser, this doesn’t sound to be such a useful feature, doesn’t it?

Securing a Revolution


It’s my own and StartCom’s company policy to refrain from voicing personal opinions regarding political matters. Otherwise however StartCom takes a clear stance when proclaiming:

We believe in the right to protect and secure information between two entities without discrimination of race, origin and financial capabilities.

The Geek Factor


I don’t need any stinkin’ CA issued certificates for my web sites, for this I do -  openssl 123 …

So goes the usual rant by geeks, hackers and open source enthusiasts against the certification authorities and their accomplices Internet Explorer, Firefox and Co.. Why is that and did anything change?

The Race Is On - You Won


The competition in the digital certification business is preparing for StartCom’s entry with its super-cheap EV SSL offerings. Proclaims a director of a well known certification authority:

“EV SSL certificates are no longer an expensive premium for Web security; they are a necessary tool to help thwart phishing, man-in-the-middle and other malicious fraud attacks”

CA/Browser Forum


Since this weekend the StartCom Certification Authority is officially a member of the CA/Browser Forum. This forum is a closed group of commercial certification authorities and software vendors - in particular browser vendors - which was founded sometime in 2006. At a previous occasion the StartCom CA was denied participation, but having now met their terms and  requirements for membership, StartCom was eventually accepted. Personally I view the joining of this group rather a necessity than an achievement - but one that I intend to use wisely.

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