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Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest?

From: gremlin () gremlin ru
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:12:31 +0400

On 22-Oct-2013 16:14:00 -0400, David Miller wrote:

After the PRISM and other Snowden leaks, inquiring minds want to
know: whose SSL certs are to be trusted?
Is a self-signed cert likely to be stronger?


Obviously, yes: any issuer in any country may be forced (by local
authorities) to issue a valid certificate for any host or domain,
so no one will be able to distinguish between original host with
updated certificate and MitM proxy operated by feds.


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Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? David Miller (Oct 23)
- Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? Jeffrey Walton (Oct 23)
- Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? gremlin (Oct 23)
  - Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? John Adams (Oct 24)
- Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? Fabian Wenk (Oct 23)
  - Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? Alex (Oct 23)
    - Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? Fabian Wenk (Oct 23)
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    - Re: Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest? Fabian Wenk (Oct 27)