[conspire] question about "thawte" - how secure are websites covered by thawte

[Ehud Kaldor]

i'm not, and don't call me Surely...

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On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Tony Godshall <tony at of.net> wrote:

> ...
> >> the biggest advantage of VeriSign (or Thwate, for that matter) is that
> the
> >> browsers know them (their CA is noted as a trusted one in most browsers
> [or
> >> is it the OS?]), which prevent the visitor to get the unpleasant/scary
> >> message that 'the authority for this certificate is unknown' and force
> the
> >> user to manually accept the cert.
> >
> > Right.  The value of one's cert being signed by a major CA is all about
> > not raising questions with the users.  It really has nothing to do with
> > security.
>
> Surely you are not saying it's... "security theater"?
>
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