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Re: [Nmh-workers] TLS certificate validation


From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Subject: Re: [Nmh-workers] TLS certificate validation
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:19:53 -0400

On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:43:55 -0400, Jeffrey Honig said:
> Any system that does not maintain up-to-date certificates is just broken;
> an invitation for security vulnerabilities to be exploited in situations
> where expired or revoked certificates can be exploited.  Validating the
> certificate chain should be the default and any other option available
> should come with language that strongly discourages their use.  Doing
> anything else would be giving people a false sense of security.

Like having 600+ root CA certificates *isn't* a false sense of security? :)

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