RE: Charter Revisions, Logotype Business models

[Hal Lockhart <hal.lockhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> CA Logo
> End Entity requests a certificate with or without a logotype 
> included in the
> cert request as above.  In this case the CA wishes to place a 
> logo in the
> issued cert to indicate something; for example this is a Visa 
> Cert.  I do
> not see the logo reference being requested by the end entity 
> in this case,
> more of it being inserted by the CA.  this is the primary 
> trust mechanism
> (this cert was issued by Visa) not this cert belongs to Visa.

Funny you should mention this case. It is my understanding that in many
cases today, the plastic credit card is legally the property of the issuer.
(typically the bank, but sometimes the card company) Among other things,
this makes it easier for them to demand its return under any conditions they
choose.

The PKI-related aspect of this is that some card issuers intend to issue (or
may already have issued) smartcards with secrets intented to be inaccessable
to the consumer. 

Hal