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China Internet Network Information Center accepted as a Mozilla root CA

China Internet Network Information Center accepted as a Mozilla root CA

Posted Feb 7, 2010 0:37 UTC (Sun) by jroysdon (guest, #63273)
In reply to: China Internet Network Information Center accepted as a Mozilla root CA by HenrikH
Parent article: China Internet Network Information Center accepted as a Mozilla root CA

Except certs expire, which is normal, and new certs replace them. You'd have to address that. MitM attacks would at least be possible when certs are close to expiring.


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China Internet Network Information Center accepted as a Mozilla root CA

Posted Feb 7, 2010 4:38 UTC (Sun) by jordanb (subscriber, #45668) [Link]

They shouldn't expire. They should be revokable, but they should never expire.

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