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Dear Valued CAcert Member,
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CAcert has implemented a policy for certifying assurers, which was
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announced on 30th of May 2008. Since the implementation of the
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CAcert Assurer Challenge Test System (CATS) last year more than
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1600 Assurers have taken and passed the challenge and are now
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official CAcert Assurers, fully compliant with the CAcert Assurance
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Policy. This email is being sent to those of you who have been
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active in performing assurances in the past year, but who have not
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taken and passed the Assurer Challenge Test yet.
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It is no longer permissible for anyone to assure for CAcert who
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has not passed the CATS. Please visit the CAcert Wiki documentation
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pages for the Assurer-Challenge
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<http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/AssurerChallenge> and follow the
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instructions. Make sure you have installed your CAcert client
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certificate into your browser as this system only allows you to
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login with a client certificate. The Assurers Handbook
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<http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/AssuranceHandbook2> will provide you
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with more detailed information about CAcert Assurances and how to
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make those assurances successful.
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Why is CAcert doing all this? CAcert has been and still is
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undergoing many changes since early 2008. CAcert has become a
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Community with policies in place to issue secure, free and highly
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qualified signed certificates. CAcert has become a recognized and
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accepted Certificate Authority on the internet. To maintain this
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status CAcert will be audited, and the audit must validate that
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assurers have an understanding of the CAcert policies and the
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assurance process. A successful audit has the potential for our
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new CAcert Root Key to be included into the Mozilla CA list this
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year. It is our hope that all our assurers will complete the
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CATS, the audit will be successful and CAcert will be featured
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on Mozilla.
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You have been involved with CAcert and have helped to increase
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the assured member community we have today. Your contribution
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is greatly appreciated because CAcert success and acceptance
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depends on you. We will be very happy to give you any support
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you may need to complete this process, so please let us know if
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you have any questions (support@cacert.org).
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Thank you,
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CAcert Inc. Committee
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Teus Hagen
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President
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