I talked about Convergence before: Convergence: fixing SSL security New Convergence notaries emerge The main list of Convergence notaries is on this Wiki page: Notary list : share and find notaries! Notaries I suggest to add every notary on that list and immediately disable it in the Firefox add-on options, then take your time to […]
When I talked about Convergence (a new SSL paradigm that improves security while browsing HTTPS sites on Firefox) in this blog post, I noted that the system needed a kickstart to become effective. Luckily, new Convergence notaries start to emerge. SSL Labs now runs its own notary servers, here the details and the instructions to […]
Today I discovered how broken is the current situation for SSL, HTTPS and Certification Authorities (CA), thanks to a Reddit post about a “BlackHat USA 2011″ 48-minutes presentation that is very entertaining to follow: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity “too long; didn’t watch” Here’s a quick summary. The speaker tells a story of a […]
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