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Re:Around 293 intermediate CAs in violation of CA/Browser gu... by EE84M3i on Monday July 06, 2020 @09:42AM (#23747749)
That "single individual on a mailing list" is Ryan Sleevi, who is basically the voice of Google in all matters to do with TLS PKI, and as I understand it is not working with a "opinions my own" cop-out in this context. It's not some rando
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Re:Around 293 intermediate CAs in violation of CA/Browser gu... by dlgeek on Monday July 06, 2020 @11:01AM (#23748645)
In addition to his role with Google/Chrome, he is also a peer of the Mozilla CA module and has a lot of influence in Mozilla's policies as well.
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Re:Around 293 intermediate CAs in violation of CA/Browser gu... by zenexer on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:22PM (#23750161)
It’s still one person. There needs to be a consensus, and that consensus hasn’t been reached. As has already been mentioned in other comments, Mozilla said they wouldn’t enforce the 7-day deadline.
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