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Re: [TLS] Eleven out of every ten SSL certs aren't valid

"Blumenthal, Uri - 0668 - MITLL" <uri@ll.mit.edu> Wed, 30 June 2010 11:51 UTC

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Again, I second this.

Regards,
Uri

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To: Bill Frantz <frantz@pwpconsult.com>
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Sent: Tue Jun 29 20:29:22 2010
Subject: Re: [TLS] Eleven out of every ten SSL certs aren't valid

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 05:23:24PM -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
> On 6/29/10 at 8:39 AM, ivan.ristic@gmail.com (Ivan Ristic) wrote:
> 
> >I have collected about 720K certificates that match the domain names
> >from which they were served. I think it's fair to say those are the
> >cases where SSL was intended.
> >
> >Obtaining those certificates was the goal of the first phase of my
> >survey. All these other numbers are just a byproduct of that.
> 
> I would be interesting to see which trust roots configured in
> current browsers are in actual use in the wild. Your collection of
> certificates could help answer this question, and perhaps help
> remove cruft from browser distributions.

Excellent idea!

Nico
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