If I understand correctly, Dell shipped an identical self-signed root certificate called 'eDellRoot' signed with the clever password 'dell' that could be used by anyone in possession of the cert with any certificate they would like, effectively making https on Dell machines pointless.
This is amazingly brain-dead, if true. Current advice is to only use FireFox on your Dell machines, to avoid the questionable cert. Details: https://boingboing.net/2015/11/23/not-just-lenovo-dell-ships-co.html http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/dell-does-superfish-ships-pcs-with-self-signed-root-certificates/ https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3twmfv/dell_ships_laptops_with_rogue_root_ca_exactly/ Sheesh. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4tq-kAkBcGJez5-O0b5ay+=zfkwl0w2ay70vkfnojb...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
