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Re:New NSA Leak Shows MITM Attacks Against Major Internet Se... by dkl on Friday September 13, 2013 @01:51PM (#6381971)
Please give some references about this "pinning model," as I'm having difficulty finding anything via google. Thanks.
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Re:New NSA Leak Shows MITM Attacks Against Major Internet Se... by fejr on Friday September 13, 2013 @01:57PM (#6381997)
Parent is refering to public key pinning. Chrome for instance has been doing it the last couple years [1].

Also see Moxie's comment in this very thread. [2]

[1] https://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/05/04/pinning.html

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6381673

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