[10099] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: CFP: PKI research workshop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Sierchio)
Sun Jan 13 21:25:22 2002
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 11:31:31 -0800
From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
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To: Carl Ellison <cme@acm.org>
Cc: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@wasabisystems.com>,
Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@ai.mit.edu>,
SPKI Mailing List <spki@wasabisystems.com>,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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Carl Ellison wrote:
> If that's not good enough for you, go to https://store.palm.com/
> where you have an SSL secured page. SSL prevents a man in the middle
> attack, right? This means your credit card info goes to Palm
> Computing, right? Check the certificate.
To be fair, most commercial CA's require evidence of "right to use"
a FQDN in an SSL server cert. But your point is apt.
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