Re: OpenID/Debian PRNG/DNS Cache poisoning advisory

[Eric Rescorla <ekr () networkresonance com>]

At Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:50:59 +0100,
Ben Laurie wrote:
> However, since the CRLs will almost certainly not be checked, this
> means the site will still be vulnerable to attack for the lifetime of
> the certificate (and perhaps beyond, depending on user
> behaviour). Note that shutting down the site DOES NOT prevent the
> attack.
>
> Therefore mitigation falls to other parties.
>
> 1. Browsers must check CRLs by default.

Isn't this a good argument for blacklisting the keys on the client
side?

-Ekr