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The bigger picture

The bigger picture

Posted Sep 8, 2011 14:18 UTC (Thu) by scripter (subscriber, #2654)
In reply to: Certificates and "authorities" by gmaxwell
Parent article: Certificates and "authorities"

Thank you for reminding us of the bigger picture of placing trust, beyond the scope of Certificate Authorities and SSL.

A colleague once stated, "encryption was the opiate of the 90s". I'm not so sure that we've gotten past our delusions of what encryption can accomplish, even in 2011.


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