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Re:Even Akamai screws up their SSL certs by pipeep on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @09:20PM (#7141414)
> Of course it would be nice if everything were HTTPS...

Nice try, Certificate Authorities!

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Re:Even Akamai screws up their SSL certs by Shish2k on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @08:22AM (#7143617)
It would be nice if everything were HTTPS, but the default behaviour for a self-signed cert was "accept it the first time, but don't show the lock icon or anything, and then warn if it changes" - ie self-signed HTTPS is the new HTTP
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Re:Even Akamai screws up their SSL certs by fragmede on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @09:23PM (#7141423)
>> Of course it would be nice if everything were HTTPS...

> Nice try, Certificate Authorities!

Nice try, NSA.

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Re:Even Akamai screws up their SSL certs by richforrester on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @10:35PM (#7141675)
>>> Of course it would be nice if everything were HTTPS...

>> Nice try, Certificate Authorities!

> Nice try, NSA.

Nice try, HN.

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Re:Even Akamai screws up their SSL certs by gouggoug on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @11:24PM (#7141861)
Nice try... wait, this is not on reddit. Let's stop the joke now.
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