DigiNotar files for bankruptcy

Posted by rmc on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @07:40AM
from the vasco.com dept.

http://www.vasco.com/company/press_room/news_archive/2011/news_vasco_announces_bankruptcy_filing_by_diginotar_bv.aspx

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Re:DigiNotar files for bankruptcy by ordinary on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @11:53AM (#3018040)

This doesn't restore my faith in the CA architecture behind SSL (by this point, I'm not sure anything can), because there isn't a doubt on my mind that it could only happen to a small CA like Diginotar. Considering that about 86% of the market is shared between the top 3 CAs and 91% by the top 5[1], that's really not worth that much. On the bright side, at least we now know that the rest, between 14% and 9%, are being held accountable. Baby steps.

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[1] https://ssl.netcraft.com/ssl-sample-report/CMatch/certs

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Re:DigiNotar files for bankruptcy by yardie on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @09:22AM (#3017404)

Good riddance. I hope this puts Comodo on notice.

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Re:DigiNotar files for bankruptcy by joeybaker on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @12:37PM (#3018283)

Put another way: DigiNotar is going to do a bit of PR-focused restructuring. At the end of the day, the same people will be in charge and they'll still use the same technology.

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Re:DigiNotar files for bankruptcy by sp332 on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @01:06PM (#3018440)

Guess who issued the certificate used on Diginotar's order form? https://onlineaanvraag.diginotar.nl/Digiforms/FormDesigner.a... COMODO. Can't make this stuff up.

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Re:DigiNotar files for bankruptcy by codecaine on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @10:32AM (#3017679)

everything else would be just plain wrong (both from a tech and a capitalist standpoint)

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