[sword-devel] Self signed certs during module install [was: SWORD 1.8.0RC3]

[Peter Von Kaehne]

Von: "DM Smith" <dmsmith at crosswire.org>

> Ultimately a root CA is a self-signed certificate. The difference is that the public key is installed into the > root CA store on the user’s computer or into the user’s “browser’s” store. Then certs signed by that CA are   > not self-signed. This is essentially what many companies do for internal communication. The DoD likewise.

Which makes me think whether we could avoid the trouble we have annually or so with certs to now expand into module distribution by distributing our own cert/signature within the library? 

Peter