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> Then any CA who issues a cert for www.google.com will also have to publish irrevocable proof that they done fucked up; and when their CA status is revoked it'
by throwaway7767 12y ago
> Then any CA who issues a cert for www.google.com will also have to publish irrevocable proof that they done fucked up; and when their CA status is revoked it's possible to grandfather in certs they've already issued to avoid breaking lots of sites.
I wish. Even in cases today where we have conclusive proof of CAs willfully issuing fraudulent certificates, they get a pass. TrustWave still has a valid CA cert even after having been caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Oddly, DigiNotar got the death sentence. The only lesson I can see in this is that incompetence is inexcusable, but willfully subverting the CA system is A-OK.