Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety

Re:Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety by ryukoposting on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:40PM (#42324255)

Sounds like we need a certificate authority authority.

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Re:Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety by tptacek on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @10:12PM (#42324472)

They exist: they're the Google and Mozilla root programs.

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Re:Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety by BobbyTables2 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:59PM (#42324367)

Bickering will just result in having multiple authorities.

This can be solved with a certificate authority authority authority.

The first will be named CARTMAN and must be respected by all.

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Re:Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety by bigiain on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:07PM (#42324863)

I propose:

  public class CertificateAuthorityFactory{

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