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CAs say few people are getting replacements

CAs say few people are getting replacements

Posted Jun 16, 2008 19:57 UTC (Mon) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263)
In reply to: CAs say few people are getting replacements by cortana
Parent article: SSL Certificates Vulnerable to OpenSSL Flaw on Debian (Netcraft)

True, but it still limits the points of attack significantly.

To many commercial sites, loss of availability is just as bad (or worse?) than phishers.

You are trading one kind of security for another, not convenience for security.


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