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Re: [TLS] SSL cert - CA issuer question - WIndows Event Reporting CA

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Wed, 07 June 2023 21:17 UTC

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Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 07:16:38 +1000
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Re: [TLS] SSL cert - CA issuer question - WIndows Event Reporting CA
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On Wed, May 10, 2023, at 10:36, M K Saravanan wrote:
> When I first access that website, for e.g. https://www.cloudflare.com  
> the issuer CA is shown as “Windows Event Reporting CA”.  

What you have there is known as interception.  Something on your machine (Windows Event Reporting maybe) has installed a CA and is intercepting connections.

Some people call this bad, or a MitM attack.

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