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Re: [OT] Security in general using HTTPS


From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:12:37 -0400

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:31 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:01:10 -0300, Fosforo said:
Maybe not related to full disclosure in general, but anybody knows if there is a
way to track/identify the certificate authorities which "sold" these kind of
black boxes that changes HTTPS certificates on-the-fly, tracking users
without notice ?

See the EFF's 'SSL Observatory' project that just got some press exposure yesterday:

https://www.infoworld.com/t/encryption/eff-builds-system-warn-certificate-breaches-173602
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
They are discussing ways to broaden monitoring, reporting and
validation on randombits mailing list now.

jeff

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