[cryptography] Symantec gets it wrong

2011-09-08 Thread Ralph Holz
Hi, I (still) cannot believe how Symantec reacts to the DigiNotar breaches - basically ignoring the known shortcomings: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/why-your-certificate-authority-matters Marketing department speaking, no doubt. Ralph -- Dipl.-Inform. Ralph Holz I8: Network

Re: [cryptography] Symantec gets it wrong

2011-09-08 Thread Andy Steingruebl
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Ralph Holz h...@net.in.tum.de wrote: Hi, I (still) cannot believe how Symantec reacts to the DigiNotar breaches - basically ignoring the known shortcomings: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/why-your-certificate-authority-matters To be contrarian for a

Re: [cryptography] Symantec gets it wrong

2011-09-08 Thread Ralph Holz
Hi, http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/why-your-certificate-authority-matters To be contrarian for a moment [...] This isn't to say it justifies or supports the marketing campaign, but perhaps there is a real message hidden in there after all? That would be a really far-sighted

Re: [cryptography] Symantec gets it wrong

2011-09-08 Thread Alfonso De Gregorio
Hi, On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Andy Steingruebl a...@steingruebl.comwrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Ralph Holz h...@net.in.tum.de wrote: Hi, I (still) cannot believe how Symantec reacts to the DigiNotar breaches - basically ignoring the known shortcomings:

Re: [cryptography] Symantec gets it wrong

2011-09-08 Thread Nico Williams
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Adam Back a...@cypherspace.org wrote: btw Massive kudos to the comodo hacker if his 'sploits are accurately bragged, favor he did the SSL/PKI community indeed.  There were multiple files posted as trophies so I presume people have verified. Whether they're for