The only entities that issue certificates of the DutchGrid medium-security Certification Authority are persons, which means that no automated issuing is allowed. These persons are formally assigned staff members responsible for for the operational service of the DutchGrid medium-security Certification Authority. The current list of persons comprising the operational staff of the DutchGrid medium-security Certification Authority is published in an on-line accessible repository. The location of this list is stated as part of the CPS in section 1.4.
The assigned staff operate the CA functions on a best-effort basis only. The operating organisations, the NIKHEF collaboration, the foundation FOM and/or the NIKHEF partners cannot be held liable for any damages resulting from the operation or non-operation of the DutchGrid medium-security Certification Authority.
No subordinate certification authorities will be allowed under this policy. Distributed validation will be implemented using a network of trusted registration authorities (RAs).