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Re: [Full-disclosure] Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest?
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- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Slightly OT: What SSL cert do you consider strongest?
- From: gremlin@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:12:31 +0400
On 22-Oct-2013 16:14:00 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> After the PRISM and other Snowden leaks, inquiring minds want to
> know: whose SSL certs are to be trusted?
> Is a self-signed cert likely to be stronger?
Obviously, yes: any issuer in any country may be forced (by local
authorities) to issue a valid certificate for any host or domain,
so no one will be able to distinguish between original host with
updated certificate and MitM proxy operated by feds.
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Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin <gremlin ПРИ gremlin ТЧК ru>
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