What else are VeriSign and Netscape doing to address the root certificate expiration?
A. As you may know, VeriSign and Netscape announced a partnership: http://www.verisign.com/press/1999/pr_netscape.html. As part of this partnership, VeriSign will serve as Netscape’s premier Certificate Authority and will be work on many security-related projects. As part of this partnership, VeriSign and Netscape has unveilled a joint campaign to upgrade all users to Netscape 4.07 or higher. Upgrading offers users a smarter browser, better overall security (there are known bugs in many lower versions of browsers), and enhanced email capabilities. This fits into Netscape’s plan to better integrate its browsers with Netcenter. Netscape’s most current browser is 4.5, and they will be soon releasing version 5.0. VeriSign will also provide its Server ID customers with the Browser Security Update Tool tool that can be used to sniff a Web site’s visitor’s browser and to recommend upgrading, if necessary. Currently, many banks and financial institutions have their own browser sniffing tools t
