[aklug] TLS: heads-up for Globalsign cert problems

From: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org>
Date: Thu Oct 13 2016 - 10:26:56 AKDT

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/13/globalsigned_off/

*Specifically, it appears GlobalSign inadvertently revoked its intermediary
certificates while updating a special cross-certificate. This smashed the
chain of trust and ultimately nullified sites' SSL/TLS certificates. It
could take days to fix, leaving folks unable to easily read their favorite
webpages.*

Royce

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