On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Peter Gutmann <pgut...@cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > Some more amusing anecdotes from the world of PKI:
Peter, Not to be too contrary (though at least a little) - not all of these are really PKI failures are they? > - There's malware out there that pokes fake Verisign certificates into the > Windows trusted cert store, allowing the malware authors to be their own > Verisign. The malware could just as easily fake the whole UI. Is it really PKI's fault that it doesn't defend against malware? Did even the grandest supporters ever claim it could/did? > - CAs have issued certs to cybercrime web sites like > https://www.pay-per-install.com (an affiliate program for malware > installers), because hey, the Russian mafia's money is as good as anyone > else's. Similarly here - non-EV CAs bind DNS names to a field in a certificate. No more. They don't vouch for the business being run, and in any case any such "audit" would be point in time anyway. I suppose way back when people "promised" that certs would do this, but does anyone believe that anymore and have it as an expectation? Perhaps you're setting the bar a bit high? BTW - do you have pointers to most of the things you've reported? I'd love to get the full sordid details :) - Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com
