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On 01/03/2014 06:25 PM, From Rob Stradling:
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<blockquote type="cite">- just
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see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.netcraft.com/internet-data-mining/ssl-survey/">http://www.netcraft.com/internet-data-mining/ssl-survey/</a> as
an example:
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The distribution of key lengths, however, varies
significantly
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between different CAs. For example, in May 2013, StartCom
had issued
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no certificates with an RSA public key shorter than
2048-bits and
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almost 20% are 4096-bits long, more than any other major CA.
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How does your customers' choice of key length reduce the chances
of StartCom misissuing certs in the future?
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A lot - first of all it's not always the choice of the subscribers,
but it's an example of diligence by the CA. And I can give you a
couple of more such examples if you want, setting the bar clearly
higher.<br>
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Even though nothing is perfect as mentioned earlier, one can at
least strive for that....<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:52C6E493.9020009@comodo.com" type="cite">
Do you have a better idea (than CT) for solving the problem of
detecting misissuances? If so, please write it up as an Internet
Draft.
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I met recently with a representative of Google working on this
project (am I allowed to publish that?) and I believe there is a way
forward with CT. Slightly different than it started, but in my
opinion better and the most sever problems affecting CAs in respect
to the CT proposal can be apparently easily solved with achieving
the same end-result which is the most important thing here. But I
don't want to speak for them or put anything into their mouth.<br>
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