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Re:Http://www.google.com/wo0dh3ad by varjag on Saturday January 08, 2011 @09:40AM (#2083096)
What is the chance of Iran becoming a root CA? Passing a WebTrust audit? It's not like you can become one just by showing up.
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Re:Http://www.google.com/wo0dh3ad by mooism2 on Saturday January 08, 2011 @11:40AM (#2083306)
Etisalat (state-controlled telecoms company in UAE) is a certificate authority. They are not a root CA --- Verizon signed their CA certificate. They have used this capability to intercept SSL communications.

If a UAE state-controlled telecoms company can become a CA, why not an Iranian state-controlled telecoms company? Or Chinese?

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