[Cryptech Tech] The cert for cryptech.is

Leif Johansson leifj at sunet.se
Sat Mar 29 08:56:28 UTC 2014


You have several good points. I think we need to take these outside reactions seriously!

> 29 mar 2014 kl. 08:58 skrev "Joachim Strömbergson" <joachim at secworks.se>:
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> Aloha!
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> Leif Johansson wrote:
>> its actually not self-signed but published as a TLSA-record.. right?
> 
> It is not issued by a CA in the users trust stores. And on the
> cryptech.is page we even state:
> 
> "Some functions on this site require HTTPS. You may see warnings about
> an untrusted certificate. There's nothing wrong, this just means that
> your web browser doesn't know about the Certification Authority that we use.
> 
> Here's where to find a ​PGP-signed version of the HACTRN CA certificate,
> which issued the TLS server certificate used on this site.
> 
> There's no particular reason why you should trust the Certification
> Authorities whose CA certificates came with your web browser either, but
> of course almost everybody does. Food for thought."
> 
> - -- 
> Med vänlig hälsning, Yours
> 
> Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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> Joachim Strömbergson          Secworks AB          joachim at secworks.se
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