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Date:      Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:40:27 +0200
From:      Nikola =?UTF-8?B?UGF2bG92acSH?= <nzp@riseup.net>
To:        Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Two Dumb Questions
Message-ID:  <20160928084027.20ca33f2@riseup.net>
In-Reply-To: <74ed7019-cb87-c55a-fb6d-1c016bf04d59@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <32084.1474872154@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <74ed7019-cb87-c55a-fb6d-1c016bf04d59@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:31:02 +0200
Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
[...]
> > 
> >      https://censys.io/
> > 

[...]

> 
> Hmmm... their TLS certificate is issued by 'StartCom Class 1 DV Server
> CA'  This is a CA that prominently advertizes free SSL certificates,
> but otherwise looks like it charges just like any other CA.
> See: http://www.startssl.com/  No idea if this CA is any good but
> there's nothing to suggest any wrong doing just from their site.

Just an FYI regarding StartCom:  Mozilla is suspending their CA for
one year (and quite likely forever, it's unlikely they'll be able to
meet the requirements for reactivation).  Lots more info here in
Mozilla's investigation report:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6BlmbeQfn4a9zydVi2UvjBGv6szuSB4sMYUcVrR8vQ/preview


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