Re:You have a moral obligation to use crypto
by eliasmacpherson on Friday February 21, 2014 @03:13PM
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A browser plugin is really really obvious, whereas if you take a look at the CA's in firefox - there's hundreds. All you need is one subtly different from what's expected - barely noticeable.
https://www.bluecoat.com/products/proxysg
I think you'll find the above product interesting. Apparently anti-virus vendors have similar programs - to prevent malware being downloaded over https behind a corporate proxy.
It seems that CDN's such as cloudflare and akamai take the websites SSL _private_ keys too.
http://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-strict-ssl-protecting...
This blog post is a fancy way of saying that cloudflare content serving customers now have the option of encrypting the link between cloudflare and them. Note that users can still be MITM'd at the cloudflare site - even with the new arragement.
I was just really trying to say that adding a rogue CA to the browser trust list vs installing a plugin both require admin permission and are both "noticeable." So neither of them are really ideal for serious espionage. In which case they're only good for non-secret employee monitoring. So, in that case, might as well go with a plugin because it would be the simpler solution.
If you're talking about a compromised "root" CA like trustwave or something where a stock browser will trust fake certs - now you're talking about a technique suitable for espionage or black hat activities.