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EPISODE 414
Broadcast Date:
August 23, 202412 minutes
Podcast Aug 23, 2024Root Causes 414: What Are the Revocation Periods for Public Certs?
We detail mandatory revocation periods for leaf certificates and intermediates and explain when a 24-hour versus a 120-hour revocation deadline applies.
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EPISODE 409
Broadcast Date:
August 2, 202415 minutes
Podcast Aug 02, 2024Root Causes 409: Mozilla Distrusts Entrust
This week Mozilla chose to follow Chrome in deprecating the Entrust trusted roots. We give you the details and explain why this action matters.
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What is the CA/Browser forum?
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Jul 01, 2024The CA/Browser Forum sets standards for digital certificates, enhancing security and reliability through collaboration among CAs, browsers, and tech firms.
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EPISODE 392
Broadcast Date:
June 7, 202421 minutes
Podcast Jun 07, 2024Root Causes 392: Chrome Issues a Quality Ultimatum
At the latest CA/Browser Forum meeting, Google Chrome outlined its expectations for CA incident reporting quality and highlighted common failures.
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EPISODE 390
Broadcast Date:
May 31, 202422 minutes
Podcast May 31, 2024Root Causes 390: Chrome Boosts Its Root Distrust Agility
A root trust deprecation highlights new Chrome functionality that enables more agile and less disruptive distrust events.
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EPISODE 388
Broadcast Date:
May 22, 202426 minutes
Podcast May 22, 2024Root Causes 388: What Is the WebPKI?
These days we frequently discuss "the WebPKI." But what does that really mean? In this episode we define WebPKI and how it has evolved over time.
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60 minutes
Webinar May 22, 2024Bugzilla – the real issue of missed revocations
March and April 2024 have seen more than 25 new Bugzilla bugs being written up – more than 10 times the typical pace.
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EPISODE 383
Broadcast Date:
May 2, 202425 minutes
Podcast May 02, 2024Root Causes 383: Delayed Revocation Events by the Numbers
An epidemic of delayed revocations has infected the public CA community. We track delayed revocations since the beginning of 2021 and discuss root causes.
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EPISODE 378
Broadcast Date:
April 15, 202421 minutes
Podcast Apr 15, 2024Root Causes 378: Why Are Forced Revocations So Difficult?
We delve deep into the problem of failure to revoke on time and the multiple causes that lead to this ongoing failure.
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EPISODE 377
Broadcast Date:
April 11, 202417 minutes
Podcast Apr 11, 2024Root Causes 377: Is CPS/Issuance Misalignment a Revocation Event?
If you issue public certificates that are fully compliant except they don't reflect what your CPS says, are they misissued? Do they require revocation?
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EPISODE 372
Broadcast Date:
March 26, 202422 minutes
Podcast Mar 26, 2024Root Causes 372: Bugzilla Bloodbath
It's a bloodbath on Bugzilla. Since March 9, more than 25 new Bugzilla bugs been written up, which is 10x the typical pace. And it's not over.
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EPISODE 370
Broadcast Date:
March 19, 202428 minutes
Podcast Mar 19, 2024Root Causes 370: Drama on Bugzilla
An evolving incident on Bugzilla has garnered a lot of attention and touches several important issues in the WebPKI ecosystem.