I am currently updating irc.cacert.org to the latest debian release. I would suggest people use #cacert on irc.freenode.net while this is being done.
nb
Update: irc.cacert.org is on the latest debian release.
I was wanting to see what everyone thought about cloaks on IRC. I am able to set them on the CAcert IRC network to whatever we would like, and as the Freenode CAcert group contact, I can request any cloaks that fit the pattern CAcert/* on Freenode.
Currently we have approximately 5 cloaks on CAcert IRC, and we have 26 CAcert cloaks on Freenode. Most of them are CAcert/Assurer/theirnick, but the problem I’m having is that it’s not really easy to verify if someone is an assurer or not, unless they are listed in the directory and note their IRC nick in there, or unless I can email support and if they would be allowed to tell me if someone is an assurer or not.
Any thoughts on what our policy should be for who can get a cloak, or what format they should be?
Nick
Thawte’s Web Of Trust is to be Terminated by 16th November
Therefore the board is planning to run the Tverify program until that time, then terminate it completely (as the information will no longer be available).
Then, members who have come in via Tverify will have a year to get assured by other means. This includes members who have obtained points from Tverify in the past.
Tverify is now operating under the authority of board motion m20090928.1 and under the Assurance Policy. This latter means no issues of points over 50, and the earlier includes some restrictions.
However, note that all Tverify points (including ones previously obtained), will be deleted late 2010, so it is best to get assured by CAcert assurers anyway. If you can reach a few of them it may be easier all round if you do that instead of using the Tverify process.
See http://wiki.cacert.org/ThawteNotary for more details. (Disclaimer: that wiki page is not an official statement of the committee)
For the committee of management (board) of CAcert Incorporated,
Nicholas E. Bebout
President
CAcert Incorporated