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... which only works for browsers. What about all the other uses of certificates? TLS itself is used for securing almost every network communication that goes
by wizeman 4y ago
... which only works for browsers. What about all the other uses of certificates?
TLS itself is used for securing almost every network communication that goes over the Internet nowadays, including SMTP (and even DNS with DNS-over-TLS or DoH, ironically).
So how does Mozilla notice that a CA misissued a certificate for my SMTP server or my upstream DNS server? (Answer: it doesn't).
- tptacek 4y agoYour SMTP server can check SCTs the same way a browser can, but we're not talking about SMTP here.