Gmail and SSL

Thu Jan 3 01:03:32 UTC 2013

On Jan 2, 2013 7:36 PM, "William Herrin" <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>

> >
> > Me, no, although I have read credible reports that otherwise reputable
SSL
> > signers have issued MITM certs to governments for their filtering
firewalls.
>

That's not the case join is referring to.

> The governments in question are watching for exfiltration and they

No, not really. Some are busy tracking "dissidents" among their populations.

> largely use a less risky approach: they issue their own root key and,
> in most cases, install it in the government employees' browser before
> handing them the machine.
>

Not just for employees.

> A "reputable" SSL signer would have to get outed just once issuing a
> government a resigning cert and they'd be kicked out of all the
> browsers. They'd be awfully easy to catch.
>

Oh! You mean like cyber trust and etilisat? Right... That's working just
perfectly...

> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
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