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Happy new attack!
A few days ago, a group of scientists and security specialists finally succeeded to create a rogue CA that was able to issue certificates that are accepted by all browsers:http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/ and http://www.phreedom.org/research/rogue-ca/ The problem underneath are weaknesses that were discovered in the MD5 hash-algorithm.CAcert has switched from MD5 to ...
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CAcert presentation and assurance event: NLLGG Linux group, Holland
At the NLLGG BSD Community Day event on 13th of December 2008, Utrecht, the Netherlands, there will be a presentation about the CAcert Root Key generation technology, changes due to the accepted new CAcert policies and Root Key and audit project. There will be enough opportunity to obtain assurances with ...
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RootKey ceremony
Although the new RootKeys are generated, they are not yet availlable. At the moment there is a review of the new keys going on to see if they comply fully with the requirements for inclusion in the mainstream browsers. When the review is succesfull, the new RootKeys will become public ...
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