Re: [cobalt-users] Bad News For Secure Certificates

["Fathi Said" <fathi@xxxxxx>]

Damn it.

No more wildcards, no more cheap $125 certs. I don't wanna pay $380 or even more..... :((((
Already had a look at the "new" website. They'll hopefully remove tha "SOLD" logo soon. :-( :-(

Btw, they have removed the anti-Verisign "Verisign Certificates will become invalid with January 1st, 2000" outbursts.....

Fathi

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 2:54 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Bad News For Secure Certificates


> Now, how will we get "wildcard" SSL certificates?
>
> This just in:
>
> December 20, 1999 07:30 AM
> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriSign, Inc. VRSN , the
> leading provider of Internet trust services, today announced that it has
> acquired privately held Thawte Consulting of South Africa, the world's
> second largest provider of digital certificates to websites and software
> developers. The acquisition further extends VeriSign's leadership in
> delivering the trust infrastructure needed by businesses, individuals and
> software developers to secure a wide range of online communications and
> transactions over the Internet.
> "Establishing a consistent, globally-interoperable trust infrastructure for
> the Internet has been our mission since day one," said Stratton Scalvos,
> president and CEO of VeriSign. "The combination of VeriSign and Thawte's
> customer bases, widely-deployed digital certificate root keys and
> highly-skilled engineering and customer-service organizations will enable us
> to provide unparalleled trust services to websites, developers, ISPs and
> other constituencies across the Internet."
>
> The stock VeriSign will issue in this transaction will have an aggregate
> market value of $575 million. The exact number of shares will be determined
> based on the trading price of VeriSign common stock prior to the closing
> date. The acquisition will be accounted for as a purchase transaction. The
> transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including the need to
> obtain certain regulatory approvals in South Africa and other customary
> conditions.
>
> As a combined entity, VeriSign and Thawte will be able to implement a
> consistent set of global standards for the issuance and management of
> digital certificates for websites and software developers. VeriSign
> currently serves all of the Top 40 e-commerce sites and Fortune 500
> companies with a web presence, and thousands of other sites with its range
> of Secure Site, Global Site and Code-Signing and certificate services.
> Thawte has built a strong franchise through a widely distributed agent
> network in over 22 countries around the world. Together, the companies have
> over 3300 ISPs, ASPs and Web Hosting companies acting as resellers of their
> services. They are also the only two digital certificate providers with
> commercial availability of 128-bit website certificates, which enable highly
> strong encryption in both domestic and export versions of Microsoft and
> Netscape browsers.
>
> "We are thrilled to join forces with VeriSign to enable a worldwide
> foundation for e-commerce," said Mark Shuttleworth, president and CEO of
> Thawte Consulting. "By combining our respective operations, teams and
> customer bases, we will be able to serve a broader set of customers under on
> common set of trust principles across the Internet."
>
>
>
> --
> Dan Kriwitsky
> 
>
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