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This is a dump from Republic of Bashkortostan [1], a Russian republic. This initially confused me because I though of the republics as used in Soviet Union. An
by tra3 5y ago
This is a dump from Republic of Bashkortostan [1], a Russian republic. This initially confused me because I though of the republics as used in Soviet Union.
Another interesting tidbit from Russian internet. Municipal services in Moscow are suggesting that folks move over to Russian browsers [2, in russian]. Some claim it's because Roskomnadzor is planning to sniff all traffic, even SSL. Some are saying it's because CAs are revoking Russian keys.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkortostan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkortostan
[2]: https://politota.d3.ru/cheburnet-prodolzhaet-okuklivatsia-2266500/?sorting=rating https://politota.d3.ru/cheburnet-prodolzhaet-okuklivatsia-22...
- vbezhenar 5y agoThat's because some CAs are revoking certificates for some Russian websites. Of course they'll have technical ability for Major-in-the-Middle attack, so that's not something I'd exclude. I wonder if there's rule which disallows CAs to revoke certificates without reason. It seems that those actions undermine the whole web security model. Kazakhstan was wise to introduce national root certificates.
- ajross 5y agoCite for CA revocations? I hadn't heard that, and a quick google shows just one McClatchy story about a pretty obvious (and English language) propaganda site.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- vbezhenar 5y agoI'm not sure if it was discussed on English websites. I know about revocation of one bank certificate: VTB bank. You can check certificate here: https://crt.sh/?id=5201004735 https://crt.sh/?id=5201004735 Another example is cbr.ru (Central Bank of Russia): https://crt.sh/?id=6051080112 https://crt.sh/?id=6051080112
- captn3m0 5y agoSection 4.9.11 of the CAB Baseline Requirements[0] puts "No Stipulations" on "Other forms of revocation advertisements available" so it's probably something that CAs are allowed to add in their agreements. Otherwise, the list of revocation reasons otherwise (4.9.1.1 Reasons for Revoking a Subscriber Certificate) doesn't seem to cover anything that would apply here. [0]: https://cabforum.org/baseline-requirements-documents/ https://cabforum.org/baseline-requirements-documents/
- lxe 5y agoA republic of Russia is an administrative division: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_Russia
- selivanovp 5y agoYes, that's exactly because Russia is preparing for coordinated attempts to revoke government websites certificates, so there's no other way but manually add root certificates to foreign browsers as Russia tried to get sovereign CA for years but was denied.
- miohtama 5y agoIs this request publicly readable somewhere? Would be very interesting for tech historians.
- throwmeariver1 5y agohttps://www.gosuslugi.ru/tls https://www.gosuslugi.ru/tls
- pvg 5y agoI though of the republics as used in Soviet Union They are related, the Soviet Union had a 'top level' administrative division, the (eventually) 15 'Soviet Republics' which became independent countries after the dissolution of the union. Some of these republics (mostly Russia) also contained internal 'Autonomous Republics', among other administrative divisions of their own. Bashkorostan was once of those 'ASSR's. This is a bit of an over-simplification since some of these definitions changed over time as did the status of some of the regions in question but the main thing is, there were several kinds of 'republic'.