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Re: [OpenID] OpenID/Debian PRNG/DNS Cache poisoning advisory


From: Dick Hardt <dick () sxip com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:29:24 -0700

On 8-Aug-08, at 10:11 AM, Ben Laurie wrote:

It also only fixes this single type of key compromise. Surely it is
time to stop ignoring CRLs before something more serious goes wrong?

Clearly many implementors have chosen to *knowingly* ignore CRLs despite the security implications, so my take away would be that the current public key infrastructure is flawed.

-- Dick


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