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Convergence: User-controlled SSL certificate checking

Convergence: User-controlled SSL certificate checking

Posted Oct 29, 2011 14:37 UTC (Sat) by michi (guest, #60274)
In reply to: Convergence: User-controlled SSL certificate checking by sblack
Parent article: Convergence: User-controlled SSL certificate checking

Hi!

I agree with you that shifting the trust to DNS providers will not really solve much. But my point was actually: If the dnssec cannot be trusted, why should perspectives be trusted?

However, I still think DNSSEC is good. First it can be implemented additional to CAs, so there are 2 layers of security. Second, only the dns provider can compromise a specific site and not a huge number of unrelated organisations.

The approach I like best is using .onion like addresses with the crypto key encoded in the url.


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