Diginotar declared bankrupt
In the latest installment of this seemingly never-ending saga, a Dutch court in Haarlem (NL) declared DigiNotar bankrupt.
Read more:
- http://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie/Rechtbanken/Haarlem/Nieuws/Pages/FaillissementDiginotarBV.aspx [Dutch]
- http://www.vasco.com/company/press_room/news_archive/2011/news_vasco_announces_bankruptcy_filing_by_diginotar_bv.aspx
The CA business is all about selling trust. After all a CA is supposed to be a trusted third party. Let's hope all the remaining ones get the right message: it's not about not getting caught being hacked. On the contrary: it's about doing the right thing once you have been hacked. Let's hope it leads to more transparency and public scrutiny of the CAs we trust explicitly or implicitly though the choice of some of our vendors.
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Swa Frantzen -- Section 66
Keywords: diginotar
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Dave O
Sep 20th 2011
1 decade ago
Sean
Sep 20th 2011
1 decade ago
JJ
Sep 20th 2011
1 decade ago
mexaly
Sep 21st 2011
1 decade ago
What gets me is that for many years in the last decade, FUD was frowned upon. Now, thanks to polymorphic malware, advanced threats, and highly organized malefactors, FUD is what's being sold (and bought), even from many of the most credible sources in this field.
JM
Sep 22nd 2011
1 decade ago