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Interestingly it does send a different message than the mailing list post. While not factually wrong, the press release sounds like the browsers are to blame fo
by ibotty 9y ago
Interestingly it does send a different message than the mailing list post. While not factually wrong, the press release sounds like the browsers are to blame for the decision (which they definitely are not, see the mailing list posting).
- perlgeek 9y agoIf it helps people in other CA businesses to convince management to take compliance and security seriously, all the better. "No, we can't take a shortcut here. See what happened to StartCom after they bent the rules a bit too much".
- jlgaddis 9y agoGo back to right after all of this started and read some of their "public communications" (statements aimed at their customers, etc.). IMO, they tried to make it sound like they were the victim and the browser vendors (especially Mozilla) were "picking on them". They were trying to shirk responsibility and minimize/downplay their own actions and "fuck ups" that got them in the position they found themselves in. As an outsider reading along on m.d.s.p. as events unfolded, I got the impression that they thought they were going to quickly and easily "fix" everything just by saying "oops, sorry" and making a few changes. As they discovered, it doesn't work like that. Let this be a lesson to the other CAs.