Welcome to the 'Unofficial' CAcert Wiki

These page is a user-maintained FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) for [http://www.CAcert.org]. CAcert.org offers FREE digital certificates for everyone.

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FAQ, Support, Tutorials, Documents

[http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=19 General info about CAcert features and assurance points] (the link is pretty hard to find on the cacert.org web site)
["FAQ"] - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
GettingSupport - Mailing lists, IRC, email, etc.
TutorialsHowto - Tutorials and HOWTOs about everything you need
WikiNewbie - A Wiki Newbie? Don't worry! Go here to learn how you can contribute to this wiki!
ImportRootCert - How can I trust CAcert´s root certificate?

Main documents

Assuring People & Organizations

["FAQ/AssuranceIntroduction"] - Introduction to Assurance: Short and easy to understand
["FAQ/AssuranceDetails"] - All the Details about Assuring and Points

["FAQ/AssuranceByCAP"] - Getting Assured by a CAcert Assurer
["FAQ/AssuranceInformationForCAP"] - Information for CAcert Assurers
["FAQ/AssuranceByTTP"] - Getting Assured by a Trusted Third Party (TTP)
["FAQ/AssuranceInformationForTTP"] - Information for Trusted Third Partys (TTP)

EventOrganisation - What to consider for assuring on big events. What procedures proved best?
VipAssurance - Assuring Very Important People VIP!

Technical Stuff

ClientCerts - The basics of using your CAcert client certificates.
ServerCerts - For securing Websites, VPNs, etc.
BrowserClients - Including the CAcert Root Certificate into your browser
OrganizationEntities - Certificate Management for Organizations.
CustomBuilds - Custom building applications to include our root certificate
CaCertificates - What kinds of certifications are interesting for CAs?
DeveloperNotes - Programming stuff for developers.
CodesigningCert - Getting a code-signing certificate.

Organisational Things

UpcomingEvents - Events around the world ... ( $/!\$ deprecated - see [http://blog.cacert.org Blog])

InclusionStatus - Is CAcert´s root cert already included?
CacertSites - See who's using CAcert certs!
[http://www.cacert.org/stats.php CAcert Statistics] - How many people are using CAcert?
PressPass - See what the media and our supporters have to say!
StrategicPartnerships - Joint ventures involving CAcert or CAcert products

CacertDonate - Ways to support CAcert community
CacertMembership - Getting more involved in CAcert community of Trust?

Task Forces

Latest projects

PolicyDrafts - is a section dedicated to the drafting of policies required under a CA audit.
AssuranceHandbook - Draft of a Handbook to be presented to our new assurers
OcspResponder - Technical details about our OCSP Responder
VhostTaskForce - Securing Vhosts with SSL, compatibility
SmartCards - Requirements for Smart Cards.
DomainController - Taskforce on working out what's needed for MS clients to authenticate with PKI
RegressionTest - Regression-testing the CAcert website
AntiFraudCoffeeRoom - Researchers discussing anti-fraud techniques to combat phishing

General Tasks

AssurerTraining - E-Learning and E-Testing for our Assurers
AssuranceTest - Question collecting for above
TranslationTeam - Help for translation contributors
ContentReviewTeam - What should be changed on CAcert.org to make it a better website
OidAllocation - Allocation of CAcert´s OIDs

Legal Issues

LegalIssues - Legal issues surrounding CAcert internationally
DigitalInvoice - Digitally signing digital invoices
DigitalSignature - Security Capsule for Digital Signatures

Administrivia

RecentVisitors - Tell us who you are and showcase you
WhosWho - The people behind the curtain...