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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Mozilla will ask all certificate authorities to
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Mozilla will ask all certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates
http://j.mp/AoUmI5 (Network World)
"Mozilla plans to ask all certificate authorities to review their
subordinate CA certificates and revoke those that could be used by
companies to inspect SSL-encrypted traffic for domain names they don't
control. The plan, whose details are still being worked out, is
Mozilla's response to Trustwave's recent claim that the use of such
certificates for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) traffic management within
corporate networks is a common practice."
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If it wasn't obvious before, it should be obvious now that the
existing certificate-based PKI is in serious trouble.
--Lauren--
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