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rahimnathwani • today at 2:23 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

"There were no end entity certificates issued out of the affected CA’s."

This seems like a weird statement given that anyone can issue certificates out of the affected CAs.


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chrismorgan • today at 3:30 PM

Almost all browsers require certificates be recorded in Certificate Transparency logs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_Transparency#Manda...>. Since those logs are empty in this instance, you can state that no one used a forged certificate with a mainstream browser, which is the most obvious (and desirable) attack type.

trollbridge • today at 2:31 PM

Well, none came out of the Certificate Authority.

They just didn't mention that now anyone can be their own Certificate Authority.

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advisedwang • today at 3:26 PM

You can also monitor if they show up in certificate transparency logs. Which won't catch all fraudulently issued certs, but might show up some, especially if it's being widely abused.