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And that’s the problem. I know I’m talking to “someone who has convinced Let’s Encrypt, US that they are foobar.com”. I have no idea if I’m actually talking to
by trollbridge 2y ago
And that’s the problem. I know I’m talking to “someone who has convinced Let’s Encrypt, US that they are foobar.com”. I have no idea if I’m actually talking to Foobar,
Inc. (incorporated in Delaware, US).
There is a standard, reliable register of business entities (typically called “Secretary of State”) and it should be trivial to know if the domain I’m talking to is owned by/part of that entity, that the X.509 matches, and so forth.
- Symbiote 2y agoThat is an EV certificate. They are no longer common. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificat...