Re: [saag] On PKI vs. Pinning (SAAG 108 preview)

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Mon, 17 August 2020 06:47 UTC

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:46:52 +1000
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Re: [saag] On PKI vs. Pinning (SAAG 108 preview)
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 16:24, Michael Richardson wrote:
> Are there some reports, threads, or port-mortems that would allow people to
> understand the nature of the brittle-ness?   Without attempting to disagree,
> I can see all sorts of things that could go wrong, but I'd like to understand
> what did go wrong.

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/he9tr7p3rZ8/m/eNMwKPmUBAAJ contains a pretty good summary.