Today, I finally passed the CAcert.org assurer challenge test with 92% on the third attempt. I had completely forgotten about this new requirement until I wanted to assure someone today only to find out that now one needs both the assurer test and at least 100 points.

New Debian Sarge packages for sipX-3.4.0 are available from the [http://scm.calivia.com/pub/sipx/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/ Calivia sipX Debian package repository]. The packages are based on the Debian build and patch files from the [http://scm.calivia.com/svn/sipx/debian/tags/3.4.0/ Calivia sipX-3.4 Debian build files repository].

Introduction

"CAcert.org is a community driven Certificate Authority that issues certificates to the public at large for free." CAcert.org provides Certificate Authority services for server, client and code-signing certificates.

This page outlines the steps necessary to use a CAcert.org '''server certificate''' for use with sipX.

The two pages on CAcert.org describing the process of obtaining server certificates are:

• How do I get a server certificate from CAcert?
• How do I generate a private key and CSR using OpenSSL?

We have held a small CAcert.org key signing party last week. I can currently award 30 points (I have 142 assurance points). If you'd like to get assured, contact me through the cacert.org Find an Assurer form (you will need to register with CAcert.org first).

CAcert.org is a community driven Certificate Authority that issues certificates to the public at large for free.

CAcert's goal is to promote awareness and education on computer security through the use of encryption, specifically with the X.509 family of standards. We have compiled a document base that has helpful hints and tips on setting up encryption with common software, and general information about Public Key Infrastructures (PKI).

Contact me (Michael Steinmann) to get certified. You will need to register with CAcert.org before you can access the contact page to send your request.