Erik Christiansen <[email protected]>
writes:

> On 10.09.13 15:44, Trent W. Buck wrote:
>> Turkish intelligence don't need to "crack" TLS; they just get Firefox to
>> trust them by default, then do the normal MITM dance.  I don't see why
>> the NSA can't do that, too.
>
> Thanks, Trent, that link is eye-opening!
>
> My SSL fu isn't up to grokking how the cert would initially get onto
> his machine.  Is the extra one sneaked in when firefox is pointed at a
> boobytrapped https page?

Erm, Firefox ignores the system certificate list and ships its own
default list.  AIUI, TUBITAK's key is in it, and trusted by default.

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