At the NLLGG BSD Community Day event on 13th of December 2008, Utrecht, the Netherlands, there will be a presentation about the CAcert Root Key generation technology, changes due to the accepted new CAcert policies and Root Key and audit project. There will be enough opportunity to obtain assurances with the new CAcert Assurance Form.
See for more details of event and the presentations the announcement and the agenda of the event.
Although the new RootKeys are generated, they are not yet availlable. At the moment there is a review of the new keys going on to see if they comply fully with the requirements for inclusion in the mainstream browsers. When the review is succesfull, the new RootKeys will become public and will be used to sign new or renewed certificates.
The blog will be the first place where you can read they have gone on-line, as well as additional info