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You've given a detailed rundown like you've been following, so what is your sense about the resignation? Did the guy resign willingly, or is Digicert the kind
by willvarfar 2y ago
You've given a detailed rundown like you've been following, so what is your sense about the resignation? Did the guy resign willingly, or is Digicert the kind of management that likely scapegoated him?
- braiamp 2y agoHe assumed personal responsibility rather than institutional. At the time, everyone in the community expressed alarm that that happened, because 1) and this is obvious, there's no way a single guy would be responsible for the entire fallout and 2) because it sets a bad precedent about what companies can do with their PoC wrt web PKI. It also meant a loss in institutional knowledge about how things worked.
- smithcoin 2y agoDo you have any resources regarding the resignation I could read?
- lelandbatey 2y agoHere's the long message he left stating in part his resignation. The comments which follow spend quite some time speaking about his resignation: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910322#c17 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1910322#c17
- smithcoin 2y agoThanks for pointing it out - I couldn't really follow the full 'drama' between the two threads.
- MotherFlower 2y agoHis resignation was merely a tactic to diffuse the situation. He didn’t actually leave—he's still there, active as ever.
- thayne 2y ago> It also meant a loss in institutional knowledge about how things worked. And the experience earned from the mistake.
- 128bitz 2y ago[dead]
- DeepPPP 2y agoHe is still here. Far from a scapegoat. Wait and see. He will be back in no time.