Re: War on Mixed Content - Why?

2013-08-22 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> Also, it's worth bearing in mind that the number of bits is a > distractor. All the weakness comes from elsewhere, so fiddling around > with the bits is just so much numerology that amuses NIST and numerate > managers and others. It does little for overall security. Well it is not a distrac

Re: War on Mixed Content - Why?

2013-08-22 Thread Gervase Markham
On 22/08/13 07:09, Mikko Rantalainen wrote: > Perhaps I'm not an average user but I would like to be informed about > changed key in all those cases. You are definitely not the average user. >>> 2 year certs if time limit increases security? Why not issue a >>> new signature every day and be done

Re: War on Mixed Content - Why?

2013-08-22 Thread ianG
On 22/08/13 09:09 AM, Mikko Rantalainen wrote: On Friday, 16 August 2013 12:01:51 UTC+3, Gervase Markham wrote: On 15/08/13 11:22, Mikko Rantalainen wrote: No. The site's public key does not need to be changed to request a new certificate. Technically, no. But there are other occasions on w