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EPISODE 395
Broadcast Date:
June 18, 202424 minutes
Podcast Jun 18, 2024Root Causes 395: Is Y2Q Like Y2K?
In this episode, we compare the advent of quantum cryptography (Y2Q) to Y2K, uncovering similarities and differences that influence decision-making.
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EPISODE 394
Broadcast Date:
June 14, 202411 minutes
Podcast Jun 14, 2024Root Causes 394: Snowflake, Ticketmaster, and MFA
We explore how MFA was used for access to Snowflake in the Ticketmaster breach affecting 500M users' data.
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EPISODE 393
Broadcast Date:
June 11, 202412 minutes
Podcast Jun 11, 2024Root Causes 393: PQC-enabled Chrome Breaks Other Software
Chrome's 124 release supports NIST's PQC algorithms, revealing software and systems failures. We explain what happened, why, and how to address it.
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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 391
Broadcast Date:
June 4, 202422 minutes
Podcast Jun 04, 2024Root Causes 391: 20 Percent of Web Visits Are PQC Enabled Today
Cloudflare engineer Bas Westerbaan shares insights on post-quantum cryptography, its real-world uses, and timelines for PQC certificate availability.
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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 389
Broadcast Date:
May 28, 202427 minutes
Podcast May 28, 2024Root Causes 389: 2024 RSA Conference Wrap Up
Jason and Tim do their annual RSA wrap-up. Trending segments include AI, Trust Centers, MFA, PQC, and more.
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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 387
Broadcast Date:
May 16, 202431 minutes
Podcast May 16, 2024Root Causes 387: What Is the Post-quantum Readiness of HSMs?
We take a deep dive with return guest Bruno Coulliard on HSMs and the role they play in post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
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EPISODE 386
Broadcast Date:
May 13, 202414 minutes
Podcast May 13, 2024Root Causes 386: Meta Commits MITM Attack On Its Users
In 2016 Meta (then Facebook) set up a system to get around encryption and spy on traffic between its users and competing social media platforms.
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EPISODE 385
Broadcast Date:
May 10, 202412 minutes
Podcast May 10, 2024Root Causes 385: Failed Revocation and Wildcard Certificates
We discuss misuse of wildcard certificates, failure to revoke on time, and how these two failures magnify each other.
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EPISODE 384
Broadcast Date:
May 7, 20247 minutes
Podcast May 07, 2024Root Causes 384: So What Is a Senior Fellow Anyway?
Jason has a new title, Senior Fellow. In this episode Jason explains what his new focus will be and how this will be good for Root Causes.