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==Assurer==
 
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* I've currently 100 points
 
* I've currently 100 points
 
* I passed the [https://cats.cacert.org CATS Challenge] with 100% (it requires 80%, I did 84% then 84% then 88% then 100% and got bored ;-) )
 
* I passed the [https://cats.cacert.org CATS Challenge] with 100% (it requires 80%, I did 84% then 84% then 88% then 100% and got bored ;-) )
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==Misc infos==
 
 
* [http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=19 What can CAcert provide to you, to increase your privacy and security for free?]
 
* [http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=19 What can CAcert provide to you, to increase your privacy and security for free?]
 
* The [https://cats.cacert.org/education_2010.crt Education Client Certificate] I should use to encrypt my request for an official "paper" certificate (to have passed the test, not a digital certificate!)<br>I copied the link here as I could not right-click on their page to save it...
 
* The [https://cats.cacert.org/education_2010.crt Education Client Certificate] I should use to encrypt my request for an official "paper" certificate (to have passed the test, not a digital certificate!)<br>I copied the link here as I could not right-click on their page to save it...
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* I had to play weird tricks to be able to get the client certificate out of Firefox as it repeatedly told me "Falied to create the PKCS #12 backup file for unknown reasons"<br>Finally I sniffed the import of the certificate from CAcert to my browser then I replayed the transaction with wget
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wget --no-check-certificate
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--header 'Referer: https://www.cacert.org/account.php?id=6&cert=123456'
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--header 'Cookie: cacert=12345678901234567890123456789012'
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'https://www.cacert.org/account.php?id=6&cert=123456&install=1'
   
 
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Revision as of 01:50, 1 March 2008

Assurer

http://www.pengdows.com/images/cacert-wotseal73.gif

I'm CAcert assurer, able to attribute you up to 10 points

  • I've currently 100 points
  • I passed the CATS Challenge with 100% (it requires 80%, I did 84% then 84% then 88% then 100% and got bored ;-) )

Misc infos

  • What can CAcert provide to you, to increase your privacy and security for free?
  • The Education Client Certificate I should use to encrypt my request for an official "paper" certificate (to have passed the test, not a digital certificate!)
    I copied the link here as I could not right-click on their page to save it...
  • I had to play weird tricks to be able to get the client certificate out of Firefox as it repeatedly told me "Falied to create the PKCS #12 backup file for unknown reasons"
    Finally I sniffed the import of the certificate from CAcert to my browser then I replayed the transaction with wget
wget --no-check-certificate 
     --header 'Referer: https://www.cacert.org/account.php?id=6&cert=123456' 
     --header 'Cookie: cacert=12345678901234567890123456789012' 
     'https://www.cacert.org/account.php?id=6&cert=123456&install=1'

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