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On Mar 31, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Marsh Ray wrote:

> 
> Has anyone seen this CA before?
> 
> Sounds like an interesting business model, even if the site design looks a 
> bit anachronistic.
> 
> http://print-a-cert.com/
> 

That's hilarious! I love it! But I see some security problems:

* The host name and organization name are not centered properly. This permits 
easier forgery by rogue actors and I'm sure is in violation of Baseline 
Requirements.

* SSL 3.0 ought to be upgraded to TLS 1.1. There's plenty of reason to go to 
TLS 1.1, and plenty to stick there.

* The font used for the key id does not differentiate well between 'I' 
(capital-eye) and 'l' (lowercase-ell). Learn the lesson of Bob Marley and don't 
shoot the serif.

* There is no expiration date on the certificate. You'll hate your CRLs if you 
do that.

        Jon



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