Category Archives: encryption

What To Do About Fraudulent SSL Certificates?

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Josh Peters

In case you’ve missed it, Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar issued a wildcard SSL certificate to someone who is not Google for *.google.com. The risk to most folks is that a third party can pretend to be Google for most intents … Continue reading →

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MLB DRM Switcheroo

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Josh Peters

Cory Doctorow has an excellent write-up of MLB’s switching SNAFU. SNAFU (for those who don’t know) stands for “Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.” This is exactly the issue with Digital Rights Management: it puts the AFU in SNAFU. The scenario … Continue reading →

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