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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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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.
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EPISODE 321
Broadcast Date:
July 27, 202316 minutes
Podcast Jul 27, 2023Root Causes 321: CABF Moratorium on New Certificate Consumer Members
The CA/Browser Forum recently passed a temporary moratorium on new members of the Certificate Consumer class.
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The New S/MIME Baseline Requirements
Webinar from Sectigo
Webinar May 04, 2023The New S/MIME Baseline Requirements
Join our webinar to hear about the CA/B Forum ballot to introduce new baseline requirements for S/MIME, including the twelve different use cases.
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EPISODE 296
Broadcast Date:
April 21, 202313 minutes
Podcast Apr 21, 2023Root Causes 296: SHOULD We or MUST We?
The CA/Browser Forum guidelines contain many prescribed requirements with the word SHOULD or MUST. We explain how these two words are used.
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EPISODE 290
Broadcast Date:
March 30, 202313 minutes
Podcast Mar 30, 2023Root Causes 290: What Are QGIS and QIIS?
We define Qualified Government Information Source (QGIS) and Qualified Independent Information Source (QIIS).
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EPISODE 258
Broadcast Date:
November 22, 202217 minutes
Podcast Nov 22, 2022Root Causes 258: New S/MIME Baseline Requirements Ratified
The CA/Browser Forum has passed new Baseline Requirements for S/MIME certificates. We explain their broad stipulations.
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EPISODE 243
Broadcast Date:
September 20, 202211 minutes
Podcast Sep 20, 2022Root Causes 243: Which Came First, the BRs or the EVGs?
Many don't realize that the CA/Browser Forum's Baseline Requirements actually came LATER THAN the Extended Validation Guidelines.