On Aug 13, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Hill, Brad wrote:

> tl;dr version:
> 
> EV is not a security boundary today in web user agents, it is a way to get a 
> user interface decoration.
> 
> If we want to ask browser vendors to make it into a security boundary which 
> they will defend, we need to think about a fairly complex and broad threat 
> model.
> 
> I'm not convinced that:
> 
> a) it's worth doing LockEV unless it's going to be a real security barrier
> b) the complexity introduced in making it a real security barrier is worth it 
> for such a rare attack

+1 to all that.

--Paul Hoffman
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