[Leaplist] Re: Microsoft NT 6.0 (Vista) technical realities -- WAS: ignorance-based FUD

Bryan J. Smith thebs413 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 28 13:20:40 EST 2006


From:  Damien McKenna 
> What about signing software with a free cert from CACert.org and just having
> people install the CACert root cert in their machines?

It doesn't solve the NT 6 enforcement aspect of the equation.
I.e., it's more than the system just trusting a cert, it's Microsoft's  trust of thay cert.
At least for drivers (not sure how NT6 will do it for software signing).



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