> Customers must be aware that under the present GlobalSign contract
> all current and valid certificates will be revoked by GlobalSign wef
> 9 April 2010, and not at the end of their natural lifespan
that's what I read - amazing to think that because money is not
changing hands, the trust is no longer valid. There's a word for that...
Alistair
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On 29 Sep 2009, at 09:29, Williams, John wrote:
> Apparently all certificates will expire in April 2010:
>
> From: JTAG: SCS/UKFed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 September 2009 14:10
> To: JTAG: SCS/UKFed
> Subject: JANET Server Certificate Service UPDATE
>
> Hello,
>
> As a current member of our Server Certificate Service we would like
> to make you aware of some forthcoming changes to the service.
>
> JANET(UK) has signed up to a new TERENA contract for server
> certificates to be provided by Comodo, which will go live before the
> end of this year, with notification of the exact date to be sent to
> all current registrants once confirmed. Our existing contract for
> server certificates issued by GlobalSign (through TERENA) will
> expire in January 2010. All existing customers of our Server
> Certificate Service will be invited to sign up for the new service
> in readiness for the system going live.
>
> Once the new certificate service is in place and you have registered
> to use the service, your organisation's authorised persons will be
> given access to an online account. A significant benefit will be
> the ability for customers to approve or deny their own certificates
> without the need to print, sign and return them individually to
> JANET(UK) for processing.
> All aspects of validating individual certificate requests will be
> fully automated, thus improving the turnaround time for all
> certificate requests. Authorised persons will also be able to
> retrieve any / all certificates associated with their organisation
> and perform revocation functions directly. JANET(UK) will continue
> to absorb the cost of providing the certificates under this new
> system, so there will continue to be no onward charging to
> organisations.
>
> Customers must be aware that under the present GlobalSign contract
> all current and valid certificates will be revoked by GlobalSign wef
> 9 April 2010, and not at the end of their natural lifespan. However
> we would like to assure you that we are still open for business and
> will continue to issue certificates, and are in the process of
> developing a transition plan to make the crossover to the new
> service as smooth and easy as possible for organisations.
>
> If you should have any queries as a result of these changes please
> direct them to [log in to unmask] in the first instance.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Shirley Wood
>
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> John Williams
> ISA
> Aston University
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ] On Behalf Of caleb racey
> Sent: 29 September 2009 09:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: GlobalSign vs Comodo
>
> It's all Chinese whispers but one of my colleagues asked for
> clarification from glaobalsign and got the reply
>
> " As requested I would like to confirm that GlobalSign will not
> revoke any of your existing certificates. "
>
> So they are stopping issuing new certs but old certs should be valid
> until they naturally expire.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:JISC-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alistair Young
>> Sent: 29 September 2009 08:03
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: GlobalSign vs Comodo
>>
>> just a wee q about certs in the fed. I've just heard JANET are moving
>> to Comodo and all certs issued under the existing scheme with
>> GobalSign will be revoked next April, no matter what their expiration
>> date is. Will Comodo certs work ok in the federation?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
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