Re: [Full-disclosure] The merits and uses of CAs

2009-01-05 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:55:59 GMT, Christopher Pritchard said: > previous certificate became invalid (for example due to a date issue). It > should also be possible to have semi-centralised CRLs that browsers would > check for occasions when the server admin wants to change certificates, they > coul

[Full-disclosure] The merits and uses of CAs

2009-01-05 Thread Christopher Pritchard
>I believe I stated *up front* that it doesn't secure against an active MITM attack. Once ettercap presents a *different* >certificate than the one you were expecting, the victim can at least potentially notice (the same way that OpenSSH complains >if it discovers that a host key is different).