Re: [TLS] TLS, PKI, and web security. Was: Eleven out of every ten SSL certs aren't valid

Ralph Holz <ralph-tls-tum@ralphholz.de> Wed, 21 July 2010 13:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [TLS] TLS, PKI, and web security. Was: Eleven out of every ten SSL certs aren't valid
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Hi,

On 07/21/2010 03:12 PM, Peter Gutmann wrote:

>> This sounds like an endeavor of great merit.
> 
> Phew, that's better than "OK, you write it then" :-).
> 
> (This would also be useful for the rest of the big 5, IPsec, SSH, S/MIME, and
> PGP, for which the threat model is mostly "here's what we defend against, if
> that's what you want then use it").
> 
>> Is this the type of project that any other [TLS] members would be interested
>> in collaborating on?
> 
> Count me in.

Although I have only recently arrived on this list, I would certainly
like to follow this as well.

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Best regards,
Ralph