alt Hacker News> A flat cert.pem file (or similar) can't say "distrust this intermediate".
Why does that matter in this case? Can't this be fully mitigated with next to no collateral damage just by removing the trusted roots that signed them?
> A flat cert.pem file (or similar) can't say "distrust this intermediate".
Why does that matter in this case? Can't this be fully mitigated with next to no collateral damage just by removing the trusted roots that signed them?
The root certs may have signed other intermediaries that are still trusted.