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A notable difference is that a compromise of Cloudflare's key wouldn't [edit: might not] require the bank to notify the Federal Reserve. It may be pretty cyni
by roc 12y ago
A notable difference is that a compromise of Cloudflare's key wouldn't [edit: might not] require the bank to notify the Federal Reserve.
It may be pretty cynical to call that situation a "feature". But I'm sure it came up. And I'm sure they noticed.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time "trivial functional difference" translated to "massive legal difference."
- philipwhiuk 12y agoYou would think the Federal reserve would just react by increasing the scope of what they have to notify for - seeing as a compromised Cloud Flare server could do something nasty in this scenario.
- bkh 12y agoYou should probably say "might not", because although we know a key compromise would require notification, you'd have to have an actual lawyer tell you if a compromise of CloudFlare would not. Unless the lawyers are on board with this as a solution to the notification problem, the whole solution doesn't do anything (legally).
- roc 12y agoIt gets a little cumbersome to hedge casual conversation the way attorneys do, but sure, it would have been more accurate to have said: "might not, under the current rules, which are always subject to change"