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Mozilla SSL Policy Considered Bad For the Web

Posted by kdawson on from the among-these-shall-be-life-liberty-and-acces-to-https dept.

Chandon Seldon writes "The issue of digital certificates for SSL and the policies surrounding them comes up repeatedly. I've written an article criticizing the behavior in Firefox 3, which includes a serious comparison of the current Mozilla policy — restricting encrypted HTTP to paying customers — to a violation of net neutrality."

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  1. Re:Seconded. by Goaway · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Obviously you don't need encryption very badly if you don't care about man-in-the-middle attacks.