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Dutch CA suspends issuance of digital certificates

05

Nov

2011

Dutch Certificate Authority KPN/Getronics has announced the suspension of the issuance of digital certificates. The reason for this is that a breach has been discovered on a KPN web server related to PKI. The attack dates back no less than four years. KPN, best known for its telecom business, acquired Getronics four years ago. Former […]

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Regaining Trust in the PKI

04

Nov

2011

The SSL PKI has been in use and implemented for 15 years now to secure online communications. From its initial proprosals and immediate growth, the need for secured online communications has been met with challenges. The infrastructure and protocol itself is showing signs of wear, with multiple attacks and corrections to the scheme itself. And […]

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Another certificate authority issues dangerous certficates

04

Nov

2011

Note: This story has been updated with commentary from Entrust at the bottom. Mozilla has announced they are revoking another intermediate signing certificate used by a registrar in Malaysia, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. According to the post, DigiCert Sdn. Bhd. (not to be confused with US based DigiCert) had issued 22 weak certificates (RSA 512) to […]

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