On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 10:42 PM Peter Bowen via dev-security-policy <
dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:

> As several others have indicated, WebPKI today is effectively a subset
> of the more generic shared PKI. It is beyond time to fork the WebPKI
> from the general PKI and strongly consider making WebPKI-only CAs that
> are subordinate to the broader PKI; these WebPKI-only CAs can be
> carried by default in public web browsers and operating systems, while
> the broader general PKI roots can be added locally (using centrally
> managed policies or local configuration) by those users who what a
> superset of the WebPKI.
>

+1.  This is the only outcome that, long term, balances the tradeoffs
appropriately.
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