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tgma • yesterday at 4:25 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

There is no valid reason my computer should come preloaded with 100+ trusted certificates from many jurisdictions that all can sign certs for all domains.

Only a few major CAs in jurisdictions that admit heavy scrutiny and legal liability should operate. Country-specific CAs, if any, should only be scoped to signing certificates for their respective ccTLDs.


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tepmoc • yesterday at 4:48 PM

Country specific CA that can only sign ccTLD actually make sense to me

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bobthebuilder4 • yesterday at 7:00 PM

I was thinking exactly the same and thought I must not understand how it works, no idea why I should trust any CA's on the other side of the world.