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Verisign already has de facto control over huge tracts of network security by virtue of having their root certs embedded in various browsers and other PKE-relat
by Hoff 16y ago
Verisign already has de facto control over huge tracts of network security by virtue of having their root certs embedded in various browsers and other PKE-related tools.
- smountcastle 16y agoAs of August 2010 Symantec owns those root certs. Verisign is left with the various top-level domain registries.
- iuguy 16y agoWhy do I not feel any better about that?
- krakensden 16y agoCrushing levels of skepticism and a poor impression of their rancid consumer software?
- iuguy 16y agoThat would be it then. Oh wait, they bought PGP. Great, now my crypto's screwed.