Re: Rant on HTTPS everywhere

Ben Laurie <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.capabilities.general
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On 8 January 2015 at 09:04, Rob Meijer <rmeijer-qWit8jRvyhVmR6Xm/[email protected]> wrote:
> I think some on this list might find my rant on the HTTPS Everywhere thing
> an interesting read:
>
> http://minorfs.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/why-https-everywhere-is-a-horrible-idea-for-now/
>
> I'm pretty sure many of you won't agree with my conclusions here. I've had
> discussions on this subject enough to know many people will agree with the
> validity of my arguments yet very few are ready to agree with the IMHO
> inevitable conclusions we should draw from those arguments.

Two things:

1. Certificate Transparency. Check it out.

2. DANE: guess what? Registries and registrars are no better than CAs.
In fact, quite a lot worse.

In short: I get the problem. I don't see easy answers.
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