Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by looklittlejohn on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:02PM
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Well, Comodo's had an okay track-record, if I recall correctly. But I also don't recall them being cheap.
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Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by tobltobs on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:22PM
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> Comodo's had an okay track-record,
I am not sure what standards apply to companies in this segment, but Comodo has an awful track record imho. Just looking at the Wikipedia article gives me a shill. And those are only the cases where Comodo couldn't deny any wrongdoing or failure.
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by Tepix on Thursday March 23, 2017 @03:06PM
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Haven't they been hacked more than once?
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by agwa on Thursday March 23, 2017 @05:26PM
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One of Comodo's registration authorities was breached, but not Comodo themselves. Comodo were able to detect the breach and cut off the compromised RA because they were monitoring what their RAs were doing. Symantec, on the other hand, didn't know that their RAs were mis-validating certificates until I noticed and told them.
(Registration authorities are third parties that perform certificate validation on behalf of the CA. I think Comodo bears some responsibility for delegating validation to an RA that was compromised, but Symantec's conduct has been so much worse in comparison.)
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by throwaway1992 on Friday March 24, 2017 @04:50AM
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It wasn't one but three authorities which have been breached.
And maybe you should disclose that you are a Comodo reseller.
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by agwa on Friday March 24, 2017 @11:41AM
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I used to be a Symantec reseller too before I realized how bad they were. I only do business with CAs which I actually believe are good.
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by sandGorgon on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:07PM
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i have been seriously considering comodo. Their wildcard is not priced all that bad.
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by tdumitrescu on Thursday March 23, 2017 @03:59PM
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Comodo, as in the Comodo which tried to trademark "Let's Encrypt" last year? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/800-pound-comodo...
Re:Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Trust in Existing Symante...
by looklittlejohn on Thursday March 23, 2017 @02:15PM
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According to the this survey I'm ruthlessly stealing from another comment, they have the biggest market share right now: https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/ssl_certif...