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Daishimantoday at 6:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

So now that SSL certificates are being weaponized it now becomes a matter of national security for any country to have their own independent CA infra.

Another win for the US.


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bradlytoday at 6:58 PM

It already was. Stuxnet used trusted, signed Windows drivers to destroy Iran’s centrifuges back in 2010 and afaik we still don’t know exactly how the attackers did this.

bigbuppotoday at 6:33 PM

Better yet, don't rely on a central trust authority that can't be trusted.