On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Damian Menscher <dam...@google.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Because of that lost trust, any cross-signed cert would likely be revoked > by > > the browsers. It would also make the browser vendors question whether > the > > I am not engaging in speculation that DigiNotar plans to continue to > operate, they have already stated so much. > > http://www.vasco.com/company/press_room/news_archive/2011/news_diginotar_reports_security_incident.aspx > "VASCO does not expect that the DigiNotar security incident will have > a significant impact on the company’s future revenue or business > plans." > I think you are misinterpreting that statement -- I interpret it as meaning VASCO will continue to exist, and possibly buy another root CA to continue their business plans. (They had only recently acquired DigiNotar.) Damian -- Damian Menscher :: Security Reliability Engineer :: Google
