Re: A mighty fortress is our PKI, Part III

2010-09-16 Thread James A. Donald
On 2010-09-16 6:12 AM, Andy Steingruebl wrote: 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? That is rather like having a fortress with one wall rather than four

RE: A mighty fortress is our PKI, Part III

2010-09-16 Thread Carl Ellison
To: Peter Gutmann Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Re: A mighty fortress is our PKI, Part III 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

Re: A mighty fortress is our PKI, Part III

2010-09-15 Thread Andy Steingruebl
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