Alison Holloway wrote:
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
>>
>> You also said that after purchasing Oracle software one must
>> separately negotiate the purchase
>> of a certificate from a CA company. Which I translate into meaning
>> that you are selling an
>> insecure product in the same way that IBM's DB/2 requires Tivoli or
>> similar third-party
>> products.
>>
>> Have I misunderstood? And if not why can't Oracle bundle what I need
>> onto the CD? I can tell
>> you with little hesitation of being contradicted that if my original
>> interpretation is correct
>> it does not bode well for the future.
>> --
>> Daniel Morgan
>> http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
>>
>>
>
> I'm not sure that you fully understand how CAs/certificates work. A
> certificate shouldn't be issued by a company such as Oracle, but by a
> certification authority (CA). Oracle is not a CA and does not want to
> become one. A CA is a member of a trusted hierarchy, and issues a
> certificate to authenticate the server/company/person.
It is my understanding Microsoft is a CA.
(...)
--
Regards, Frank van Bortel
Received on Wed May 21 2003 - 14:19:40 CDT
