Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust
Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> Tue, 01 May 2012 03:03 UTC
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Subject: Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust
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Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net> writes: > TLS currently helps one know that when opens a connection to a > service (domain:port pair) one is actually connected to the machine > that officially owns that domain. It does not give one the big > picture of what kind of entity one is actually connected to: ie. it > does not answer the following questions: > > - is this a legal entity? > - which country is it based in (or which legal framework is it responsible to) > - who are the owners > - what kind of organisation is it? (individual, bank, commerce, school, university, charity...) Isn't this mostly covered by EV certificates? - The 'is this a legal entity' part is answered with 'yes'. - The country/legal framework part is the jurisdictionOfIncorporationCountryName field and similar. - It doesn't describe the owners, but of course that information could change between the time the connection is opened and the packets reach the other end; except in the case where a certificate is issued to a sole proprietor, in which case that individual is named in the certificate. In the case of a company it does provide sufficient information to track down the company and find its owners if they are publicly available. - The kind of organisation is covered by the businessCategory field. The presentation seemed interesting.
- [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Henry Story
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Martin Rex
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Nico Williams
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Henry Story
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Henry Story
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Nico Williams
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Geoffrey Keating
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Henry Story
- Re: [TLS] Fixing TLS Trust Henry Story