Re: Discontinuance of Thawte personal email certificates and Web of Trust

["Plesco, Todd" <tplesco () CHAPMAN EDU>]

There are many companies, with multiple Thawte Notaries, which will be scrambling for an alternative to personal certs.

One can't help but wonder what will happen if Google should ever be bought out by a competing e-mail provider.

Todd A. Plesco  CISM, CBCP
Chapman University, Director of Information Security
One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866
Phone: (714) 744-7979/Fax: (714) 744-7041


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of James R. 
Pardonek
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Discontinuance of Thawte personal email certificates and Web of Trust

Apparently, they were bought out by VeriSign who chose to discontinue the service.  Ahhh corporate greed.

James R. Pardonek, CISSP
Senior Network Administrator
Purdue University Calumet Data Network
Information Services
Purdue University Calumet
Hammond, Indiana


-----Original Message-----
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Stanclift, Michael
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Agreed

Michael Stanclift
Network Analyst
Rockhurst University

http://help.rockhurst.edu
(816) 501-4231

Think before you print!


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of David 
Bowie
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Discontinuance of Thawte personal email certificates and Web of Trust

Gary Flynn wrote:
> https://search.thawte.com/support/ssl-digital-certificates/index?page=conten
> t&id=SO12658
>   
That truly sux.  --djb