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EPISODE 434
Broadcast Date:
October 22, 202412 minutes
Podcast Oct 22, 2024Root Causes 434: Did Researchers Break AES Using Quantum Annealing?
Reports suggest Chinese researchers used a quantum annealing computer to break AES. We clarify the findings and discuss the potential implications.
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EPISODE 433
Broadcast Date:
October 17, 202410 minutes
Podcast Oct 17, 2024Root Causes 433: Will AI Eat All the Electricity?
News reports claim Chinese researchers broke AES with a quantum annealing computer. We clarify the details and talk about the implications of this reported discovery.
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EPISODE 432
Broadcast Date:
October 14, 202426 minutes
Podcast Oct 14, 2024Root Causes 432: Apple Floats New Short-lived Certificate Proposal
Apple recently floated a draft CABF ballot for commentary that steps down maximum term for SSL certificates to 45 days by 2027.
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EPISODE 431
Broadcast Date:
October 11, 202428 minutes
Podcast Oct 11, 2024Root Causes 431: New Mozilla Proposal to Combat Delayed Revocation
Deliberate delay of mandatory revocations has plagued the WebPKI in 2024. A new proposed policy from Mozilla stands to eliminate most of this behavior.
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EPISODE 429
Broadcast Date:
October 8, 20247 minutes
Podcast Oct 08, 2024Root Causes 429: ServiceNow Outage Due to Expired Root Certificate
A ServiceNow private CA root expired, creating outages across hundreds of enterprises. We explain what appears to have gone on.
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EPISODE 428
Broadcast Date:
October 4, 202417 minutes
Podcast Oct 04, 2024Root Causes 428: .MOBI Attack Puts WHOIS-based DCV into Question
White hat researchers managed to take over WHOIS for the .mobi TLD, foretelling the death of WHOIS as an email source for Domain Control Validation (DCV).
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EPISODE 428
Broadcast Date:
October 4, 202417 minutes
Podcast Oct 04, 2024Root Causes 428: .MOBI Attack Puts WHOIS-based DCV into Question
White hat researchers control .mobi WHOIS, signaling the decline of WHOIS as a reliable source for Domain Control Validation (DCV) emails.
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EPISODE 427
Broadcast Date:
October 2, 202416 minutes
Podcast Oct 02, 2024Root Causes 427: Mapping CLM to NIST CSF 2.0
In this episode we map the contributions of Certificate Lifecycle Management into the new NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0.
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60 minutes
Webinar Oct 01, 2024How mature is your Certificate Lifecycle Management?
The surge in certificate usage has reached unprecedented levels, with industry standards for certificate lifespans progressively shrinking.
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EPISODE 426
Broadcast Date:
September 30, 20248 minutes
Podcast Sep 30, 2024Root Causes 426: Expired Certificate Takes Down Bank of England
A certificate expiration is now known to have created July's outage of Bank of England. Join us as we shake our heads in amazement yet again.
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EPISODE 425
Broadcast Date:
September 27, 202411 minutes
Podcast Sep 27, 2024Root Causes 425: PQC Requirements for Voting Systems
In honor of the upcoming US elections, we describe the six main requirements for a post-quantum voting system.
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EPISODE 424
Broadcast Date:
September 25, 202412 minutes
Podcast Sep 25, 2024Root Causes 424: Using LoRA IoT Protocol for Clandestine Communication
In this episode we describe the LoRA protocol, which allows IoT devices to communicate securely without using a cellular network.