Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread wasa bee
given the images seen on the links, both certs are signed by the same entity (i cannot see the pubKey ID but issuer names match), yet have the same serial number 3014267. Isn't the (serial number + issuer pub key identifier) supposed to be unique and identify a cert uniquely? is it common practice

Re: [cryptography] Updated Certificate Transparency site

2013-08-01 Thread wasa bee
in CT, how do you tell if a newly-generated cert is legitimate or not? Say, I am a state-sponsored attacker and can get a cert signed by my national CA for barclays. How do you tell this cert is not legitimate? It could have been barclays' IT admin who asked for a new cert. Do companies need to