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EPISODE 469
Broadcast Date:
February 17, 20257 minutes
Podcast Feb 17, 2025Root Causes 469: The All or Nothing Fallacy in Cybersecurity
In this episode we explain the all-or-nothing fallacy in cybersecurity and how it's affecting debate in the WebPKI right now.
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EPISODE 468
Broadcast Date:
February 14, 202510 minutes
Podcast Feb 14, 2025Root Causes 468: UK Demands New Backdoor from Apple
A new demand from the UK seeks complete access to all Apple cloud data housed in the UK, regardless of the data owners' citizenship and residency. We unpack this latest development in Government versus Encryption.
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EPISODE 467
Broadcast Date:
February 12, 202510 minutes
Podcast Feb 12, 2025Root Causes 467: Decoupling Public from Private Use Cases
The past year has seen a great deal of focus on the use of public TLS certificates where private root certificates are actually the appropriate solution. In this episode we discuss the differences between these two use cases and what IT organizations can do about it.
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EPISODE 465
Broadcast Date:
February 7, 202542 minutes
Podcast Feb 07, 2025Root Causes 465: Twelve Bugzilla Sins for CAs to Avoid
In the wake of the Bugzilla Bloodbath, we list and describe twelve sins CAs commit on Bugzilla and its like, why they're detrimental, and how CAs should avoid them.
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EPISODE 464
Broadcast Date:
February 5, 202519 minutes
Podcast Feb 05, 2025Root Causes 464: Defending Against Harvest and Decrypt
Harvest and decrypt is a well-known attack vector against traditional cryptography prior to PQC. In this episode, we discuss what enterprises should be doing today to defend themselves against harvest and decrypt.
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EPISODE 463
Broadcast Date:
February 3, 202512 minutes
Podcast Feb 03, 2025Root Causes 463: Cellular Networks Are Insecure
In this episode we explain that all cellular networks, contrary to popular belief, are fundamentally insecure.
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EPISODE 462
Broadcast Date:
January 31, 202522 minutes
Podcast Jan 31, 2025Root Causes 462: Crypto War 3.0
In this episode we walk through the evolution of the war on cryptography, from the beginning up through today, terminating in what we call Crypto War 3.0.
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EPISODE 461
Broadcast Date:
January 29, 202510 minutes
Podcast Jan 29, 2025Root Causes 461: Sectigo Acquires Entrust Public CA Business
Sectigo today announced the acquisition of the Entrust public CA business. Entrust will go forward as a Sectigo reseller. Join us to learn the details.
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EPISODE 460
Broadcast Date:
January 28, 202532 minutes
Podcast Jan 28, 2025Root Causes 460: The State of PQC with Michele Mosca
In this episode we are joined by Dr. Michela Mosca. We discuss his pioneering work identifying the need for post-quantum cryptography, where PQC stands today, and what the future may hold.
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EPISODE 459
Broadcast Date:
January 24, 202512 minutes
Podcast Jan 24, 2025Root Causes 459: 2024 Lookback - Shorter Certificate Lifespans & DCV
2024 set in motion major changes for certificate lifespans and DCV. In this episode we discuss the Apple 47-day proposal, stepping down certificate term, public versus private CA use cases, DCV reuse periods, MPIC, WHOIS, and other topics.
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EPISODE 457
Broadcast Date:
January 17, 202511 minutes
Podcast Jan 17, 2025Root Causes 457: 2024 Lookback - Guests
We had a remarkable year on the Root Causes podcast in terms of our guests. We look back at the extremely expert guests we were lucky to talk about in 2024.
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EPISODE 456
Broadcast Date:
January 14, 202511 minutes
Podcast Jan 14, 2025Root Causes 456: 2024 Lookback - Bugzilla Bloodbath
In this 2024 lookback episode, we give an overview of the firestorm of Bugzilla incidents that we refer to as the Bugzilla Bloodbath. The Bugzilla Bloodbath affected actions around the Entrust distrust, delayed revocation reform, 47-day SSL certificate maximum term, linting, and more.
