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Fair point, I didn't really consider the issue with the other CAs that are currently trusted. Isn't it a double edge sword though with what they chose to do in
by more_pylons 9y ago
Fair point, I didn't really consider the issue with the other CAs that are currently trusted.
Isn't it a double edge sword though with what they chose to do instead? By the DoD using their own CA people accessing their sites externally or on non-DoD devices cannot reliably know if they're being ease dropped on either. It has it's benefits for DoD employees using DoD devices but anyone outside the DoD needs to roll the dice or first request the CA root cert from a DoD employee?
- solatic 9y ago99%+ of DoD traffic will be from DoD-managed endpoints, which will be managed and have the DoD CA certificates installed. The DoD use case doesn't typically require them to cater to outside users, with possible exceptions for things like recruiting, which can be handled on separate networks.
- more_pylons 9y agoI've personally been on support screen sharing conferences with the DoD before as a third-party consultant/contractor. They do not provide all contractors, especially third party, with DoD managed devices and in those cases I always thought that it was a bad practice. I asked for the people on the conference to e-mail me the root CA cert to validate the thumbprint was the same as the site but I'm not sure everyone would do that and instead blindly choose the 'proceed anyways' option. /edit. That was a very long time ago though so I'm not sure if they're even using that same screen sharing site anymore or if they've since changed it to use a public CA root cert.