On 24 March 2011 11:18, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Apropos some of the recent discussion we've had here of various Debian > signing keys. > > A major CA (certificate authority) has issued fake SSL certs for > Google.com, Yahoo.com, and Skype.com (and apparently 6 other sites) > after its signing keys were compromised. > > > http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/phony-web-certificates-issued-google-yahoo-skype-others-032311 > > Under the CA / SSL model, you trust a website because you trust the CA. > > Personally, I think the Dane factor is worth more than a look: *http://tinyurl.com/4z54hzq *Regards Weaver.* *-- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
