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cortesoft • yesterday at 6:57 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

We would still know if certs were issued, though, which is the thing we want to check


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zenexer • yesterday at 11:43 PM

We wouldn’t.

CAs publish to CT logs. If an attacker has the private key, nothing stops them from signing certs without the involvement of the CA or CT logs.

tsimionescu • yesterday at 7:34 PM

How would you know it? If the CA was compromised, why would the attacker publish the fake certificates in CT?

Basically no one outside the major browsers verifies CT logs, so you can still attack a lot of people even without publishing.

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hbcdbff • yesterday at 7:45 PM

No we wouldn’t.