[Gllug] IP address changes

Jason Clifford jason at ukfsn.org
Tue Nov 28 07:40:53 UTC 2006


On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Pete Ryland wrote:

> Hang on, isn't that what the whole SSL cert trust chain is about?  The
> host is verified by the certificate authority (whose cert comes with
> the browser), so the user can tell if there is a man in the middle
> even if being proxied.  Or have I missed something?

The chain of trust is totally without value as anyone can get a cert 
issued via one or another of the fast cert vendors.

Jason
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