Re: OT: is it possible for an individual (not a business) to get a valid SSL certificate

[Andrew Brown <twofsonet () graffiti com>]

> as such, i can likely get an SSL certificate with just my passport, drivers
> license (as a secondary piece of documentation) and a letter deeming me as
> responsible for the domainname (as my name does not actually exist as the
> registrant, but i am the admin contact).

a letter from whom to whom?  a company that places faith in a letter
they ask you to write yourself is just poor in my eyes.

 me:    i need to do so-and-so.
 them:  and how do we know you're qualified to do that?
 me:    i have a letter that i wrote to myself that says i am.
 them:  oh, very well.

sounds...flimsy.

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