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wolvoleo • today at 8:39 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

I wonder three things:

- Could this be used to run a benign mitm attack on the traffic of some apps, consoles etc? I could see some interesting uses for reverse engineering. For example you can't simply add a CA to the system store on Android anymore. But this one is already there. It won't work for long but it could be used on any unpatched client.

- Can't we just revoke the entire CA? Just like what was done with Diginotar. Edit: apparently they just revoked the intermediates.

- Why isn't there a mechanism where a domain owner can specify which CA it allows? Similar to SPF which allows you to specify which mail server can represent you. It's kinda insane that foreign CAs can just fake anyone's certificate.


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kaszanka • today at 9:53 PM

> Why isn't there a mechanism where a domain owner can specify which CA it allows?

There is DANE (TLSA) but seemingly only supported by e-mail software and not web browsers.

pizzafeelsright • today at 8:42 PM

foreign CAs can just fake anyone's certificate

They are certificates of authority. They have authority, or are given it, and that means don't accept them.