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Re: Trustwave and Mozilla (Resolved)


From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:35:02 -0500

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Al Billings <abillings () mozilla com> wrote:
Hello,

They weren't rewarded. They were not punished for voluntarily coming
forward and reporting the problem to Mozilla. Punishing them for doing
so would only convince others not to come forward in the future. This
has triggered a policy change and announcements to CA, if you've
followed Mozilla's security policy discussions and these *will* result
in people being removed for such behavior in the future.

Hyperbole serves no real purpose here.
The previous was a statement of facts. "Inmates running the asylum" is
hyperbole.

If you find you are sensitive to the position taken, it could indicate
you took the wrong position.

Jeff

On 02/22/2012 04:12 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
It appears to be official.

Trustwave issued MitM certificates, which is deceptive, unethical, and
contrary to its agreement for inclusion.

Mozilla just rewarded their violations of trust by continuing their
inclusion. Apparently, agreements between Mozilla and CAs have no
veracity as both are more than happy to violate the end user.

Original Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724929
NSS and Firefox Update: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728617

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