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Re: OpenID/Debian PRNG/DNS Cache poisoning advisory
From: Eric Rescorla (ekr
networkresonance.com)
Date: Fri Aug 08 2008 - 10:06:25 CDT
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At Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:50:59 +0100,
Ben Laurie wrote:
> However, since the CRLs will almost certainly not be checked, this
> means the site will still be vulnerable to attack for the lifetime of
> the certificate (and perhaps beyond, depending on user
> behaviour). Note that shutting down the site DOES NOT prevent the
> attack.
>
> Therefore mitigation falls to other parties.
>
> 1. Browsers must check CRLs by default.
Isn't this a good argument for blacklisting the keys on the client
side?
-Ekr
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