Anyone can create a Certificate Authority. Check out this blog describing how to do it with OpenSSL.
Becoming a trusted CA is a different story. Microsoft, Mozilla, Apple, and other browser companies and OS vendors have a policy stating what it takes to participate in their root CA programs.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc751157.aspx
http://www.apple.com/certificateauthority/ca_program.html
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/policy/
http://www.opera.com/docs/ca/
Friday, January 2, 2009
A brief description of how to become a CA
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