I wonder what happens when the hackers go after telephone/ISP's once Cell phones are used like credit cards.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/148/pocket-change.html Jon On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah but maybe the lawsuits are about to start. Even the Dutch government is > now pulling the plug on their Certs. Since DigiNotar has been closed > mouthed about the extent of the hack and even may have mislead people as to > not only the extent of the hack but the probable start date for the initial > hack I would hope the rest of their business including the digital signature > business would go away as well. I wonder since they say that root was save > and secure if it really was and how many documents got a forged digital > signature. > > Jon Harris > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> Perhaps you should say, "former CA" >> >> They'll be dead before the paint dries on this investigation. >> >> BTW, this is one reason why I never buy it that any particular vendor is >> likely to be secure or robust or whatever because of the line of business >> they're in. Just because they're a bank, hospital, security vendor, CA, >> etc, doesn't mean that they're doing all the right things. >> >> DigiNotar had every reason (except short-term profits) to pursue an >> effective security strategy, but didn't. And now their profits have ended, >> too... >> >> * * >> >> *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of >> Technology for the SMB market… >> >> * >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Tim Evans <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If this is true, I find this absolutely unacceptable that a commercial CA >>> would run a system like this. Incredible**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> >>> http://computer-forensics.sans.org/blog/2011/09/06/diginotar-incident-response-report-no-logging-weak-password-no-protected-network >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Tim Evans >>> *Associate, Information Technology Manager* >>> >>> *S P A R L I N G* >>> >>> (206) 667-0509*—Direct >>> *(206) 391-8004*—**Mobile >>> **www.sparling.com***** >>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
