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Re: {OT} Saga with certificates continues : "Hackers steal SSL certificates for CIA, MI6, Mossad"
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Frank Lanitz <[log in to unmask]>
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Frank Lanitz <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:20:57 +0200
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Am 06.09.2011 00:42, schrieb Andreas Petzold:
> On Monday, September 05, 2011 21:11:09 Andrew Z wrote:
>> yeah, i know computerworld is not THE source.
>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219727/Hackers_steal_SSL_certificat
>> es_for_CIA_MI6_Mossad?taxonomyId=85
> 
> omg, now someone can impersonate the CIA website. Now I can't be sure if I'm 
> really logged in at the CIA or not....

Well, the issue is that application might talking with CIA can be
attacked with man-in-the-middle. Don't want to judge whether this is
good or not :)

> http://xkcd.com/932/

;)

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