Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> So if one of the random little CAs in the root store of your browser issues a rogue cert for “google.com”, it will be logged and seen

The victim might be the only one getting a collision as governments target them (and no security researchers get the compromised site + public key), and the Superfish fiasco shows that a collision is simply ignored by the browser.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: