We chose to make use of Lawyers, Bank Managers and CPA's because we can contact them easily, via a telephone number other than the one provided, and we can verify their employment and the institution that they work for. You need to obtain 100 points in order to become a notary. If there is a roadshow passing near you and a Thawte employee identifies you personally, you will be issued 100 points in one go. 100 points will also be issued to those people who enroll via the remote authentication method mentioned above. If you are using your trusted email address, as your Thawte ID, then we change your NIC in the system.
Notaries can go here to download the form to be used when asserting the identity of others.
These forms are available in a number of different languages. Although similar in many respects, the PGP Web of Trust and the Thawte Web of Trust are different systems. Thawte does not recognize PGP signatures on a key as being indicative of trust. In other words, no amount of signatures collected in PGP will confer identity validity in Thawte's database. In the Thawte Web of Trust, the trust is issued by Thawte - Thawte remains the centralized trust issuer.