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Re:Around 293 intermediate CAs in violation of CA/Browser gu... by stefan_ on Monday July 06, 2020 @08:59AM (#23747391)
I thought the BS here was that this compromises OCSP which no one uses regardless due to its numerous design faults.
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Re:Around 293 intermediate CAs in violation of CA/Browser gu... by user5994461 on Monday July 06, 2020 @09:26AM (#23747612)
Yep. Revocation was broken by design so hardly anything supported it, and now the implementation is broken so revocation is getting revoked. The whole thing is ridiculous.
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