[PLUG] Tarnished chromium

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Apr 11 01:30:26 UTC 2017


On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, David Barr wrote:

> Googling the error got me

David,

   I should have done that.

> https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/jPsbfBk9JN8;context-place=forum/chrome
> Which reminded me of something I'd heard about Google Zero and Symantec:
> https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/27/google-is-fighting-with-symantec-over-encrypting-the-internet/

   Huh! Interesting.

> So, I suppose it's up to you as to whether or not you'll trust
> certificates signed by Symantec as CA.

   Perhaps it's not as big a concern as google thinks it is or others would
be rejecting those sites or finding other accomodations.

Thanks,

Rich



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