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Browsers have leverage over CAs because CAs have to ask browsers to be included in the first place, and because distrusting a CA only temporarily breaks website
by agwa 3y ago
Browsers have leverage over CAs because CAs have to ask browsers to be included in the first place, and because distrusting a CA only temporarily breaks websites until they can switch to a new certificate.
What kind of leverage do you think a browser could practically exert over a TLD?
- tialaramex 3y agoAs just one example, they can change presentation. Remember the CAs were able to sell an otherwise useless change in presentation for a considerably increased price, you will still occasionally run into people who thought that was crucial to their business.