why are CAs charging so much for certs anyway? (Re: End of the line for Ireland's dotcom star)

Ian Grigg iang at systemics.com
Wed Sep 24 20:30:27 EDT 2003


Adam Back wrote:

> You'd have thought there would be plenty of scope for certs to be sold
> for a couple of $ / year.

Excuse me?  Why are they being sold "per year" in the
first place?

It's not as if there are any root servers to run!

Outrageous!

:-)

iang

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