On 09/09/16 18:25, Ryan Sleevi wrote:
> On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 4:42:12 AM UTC-7, Rob Stradling wrote:
>> That's a good point.  So, to fix my proposal...
>>
>> For CAs that are on (borrowing Matt's wording) "quintuple secret
>> probation" due to a "history of shenanigans with notBefore dates",
>> browsers could require that:
> 
> Right, I suppose I could have been clearer - I don't think there's a 
> "quintuple secret probation" concept, and that promoting it as such is 
> probably harmful, long term, to both Mozilla users and the overall ecosystem.
> 
> We shouldn't think of CT as a 'punishment' or 'probationary period'.

I was thinking of it as a 'consequence'.  ;-)

> Transparency is just one aspect of public trust, and all CAs - whether 
> misissuance or not - should ideally adopt CT in a verifiable way.

+1, of course.

> While it's true that some CAs may have timelines for CT accelerated to 
> improve trust by improving transparency, we should be careful against 
> advocating solutions that trying to bifurcate trust.

True.

-- 
Rob Stradling
Senior Research & Development Scientist
COMODO - Creating Trust Online

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