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BlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity
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Moxie Marlinspike's BlackHat 2011 talk examines weaknesses of SSL and the certificate authority system and proposes Convergence, a decentralized notary approach with trust agility.
HN commenters repeatedly recommend it as the best explanation of why the CA system is broken and what alternatives exist.
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