DEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of Authenticity

Name: DEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of Authenticity
Description: Moxie Marlinspike's DEF CON 19 talk on the weaknesses of SSL and the certificate authority system. He explains how CA trust became a problem and proposes an alternative that removes the CA oligopoly without reducing security.

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Moxie Marlinspike's DEF CON 19 talk on the weaknesses of SSL and the certificate authority system. He explains how CA trust became a problem and proposes an alternative that removes the CA oligopoly without reducing security.

HN points to it as the classic overview of why TLS certificate trust is flawed, and it resurfaces whenever CA or HTTPS security comes up.

8 Hacker News mentions · 2013–2026

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Cryptography
Security & hacking

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