A Fort Knox for Web crypto keys: Inside Symantec's SSL certificate vault
Storing the keys at the heart of encrypted Web communications is no simple task.
by Dan Goodin Nov 5 2012 Ars Technica
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***** Moderator's Note *****
Back when PKI was supposed to solve all the Internet's problems, I went to the trouble of becoming a Thawte Notary, which entitled me to charge a fee for affirming the identities of those applying for digital identity certificates. I think I certified three people in the years the program was active: Thawte was eventually absorbed (by Verisign, IIRC) and the program terminated.
Bill Horne Moderator