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Re: [therightkey] DNSNMC deprecates Certificate Authorities and fixes HTTPS security

Ralph Holz <holz@net.in.tum.de> Fri, 03 January 2014 17:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: [therightkey] DNSNMC deprecates Certificate Authorities and fixes HTTPS security
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Hi,

> Assumes you run an updated browser, right?

I think the cert was blacklisted immediately after the publication/talk,
that means at least 4 years ago. At least in IE, the auto-update may
have helped. Not sure about the Fox.

There really is nothing we can do for users that haven't updated since.
Any 2nd Web site they may visit may exploit those old vehicles.

> Blacklisting isn't part of the PKIX trust model, but a band-aid used to
> fix the lack of deployed/able revocation.

Tell me something new. ;-) Although in fact, the whole thing goes much
deeper. A broken hash algorithm means root cert-like compromise as it
means the capacity to imitate a correct signature by a root cert. There
is no fix for this but blacklisting. Not in any model with TTPs, by the way.

Ralph

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