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Re:Still Why No HTTPS? by daxelrod on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @03:02PM (#21818103)
This is one of the threats addressed by https://www.certificate-transparency.org/ .

If a CA issues a rogue cert and _does_ add it to the CT log, it's discoverable, at least in retrospect.

If a CA issues a rogue cert and _doesn't_ add it to the log, some browsers will refuse the connection when presented with that cert. https://www.agwa.name/blog/post/how_will_certificate_transpa... has more details about Chrome's implementation.

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