Re:The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be si...
by woodruffw on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:19AM
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I don't think your OS intends to imply or guarantee a legal entity relationship with every CA certificate in your trust store. It's not even clear what that guarantee, as an end user, would get you: the presence of a legal entity doesn't somehow make that entity accountable to you or your locality.
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Re:The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be si...
by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:24AM
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> I don't think your OS intends to imply or guarantee a legal entity relationship with every CA certificate in your trust store.
I get the feeling that it's exactly what Windows "intends to imply or guarantee", it's just taking a long time to get there. The whole code signing part is trying to create a reality where to be able to create software for Windows, you need to be a business entity, and need to have business relationships with Microsoft - directly, or transitively. Basically, a corporate web of trust.