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The CA doesn't in fact promise "traffic will not be intercepted" and how could they. The CA promises that their subscriber proved to them that they know a priva
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
The CA doesn't in fact promise "traffic will not be intercepted" and how could they. The CA promises that their subscriber proved to them that they know a private key to which the corresponding public key is in the certificate, and that they control the things (usually FQDNs) named in the certificate.
Right, but surely you see how 90% of that statement is utterly incomprehensible to a general audience?
- tialaramex 8y agoAs written, sure. But making that statement into a claim that's comprehensible to a general audience is distinct from just claiming something completely unrelated. Notice that in my statement the CA has nothing to do with this traffic and whether or not it's intercepted. Because they don't. Part of a journalist's job is to find a way to summarise an inevitably complicated story _without_ in the process making it into a completely different story. "Bilbo the wizard stole a magical ring" is not a good summary of The Hobbit, because it is wrong. The wizard isn't named Bilbo and that isn't what that story is about even though maybe it's important for other reasons.