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EPISODE 288
Broadcast Date:
March 23, 202312 minutes
Podcast Mar 23, 2023Root Causes 288: ISARA Releases Patents on Hybrid Certificates
ISARA has put its patents on hybrid certificates into the public domain. ISARA's CEO joins us to explain why.
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EPISODE 287
Broadcast Date:
March 21, 202314 minutes
Podcast Mar 21, 2023Root Causes 287: GoDaddy Private Key Breach
A GoDaddy breach exposed customer private keys. We explain expectations surrounding private key exposure.
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EPISODE 286
Broadcast Date:
March 16, 202310 minutes
Podcast Mar 16, 2023Root Causes 286: PKI & PQC in New White House Cybersecurity Initiative
A new White House cybersecurity initiative specifically calls out digital identity and post quantum cryptography (PQC) among its focal areas.
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EPISODE 285
Broadcast Date:
March 14, 202316 minutes
Podcast Mar 14, 2023Root Causes 285: Can ChatGPT Write Malware?
We examine the suitability of ChatGPT as a malware-writing tool and possible future directions for AI in software creation.
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EPISODE 284
Broadcast Date:
March 10, 202324 minutes
Podcast Mar 10, 2023Root Causes 284: 90-day SSL Certificates Are on the Way
The Google Chrome root program recently announced its intention to reduce the maximum term for public SSL certificates to 90 days.
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EPISODE 283
Broadcast Date:
March 6, 202311 minutes
Podcast Mar 06, 2023Root Causes 283: Google Optional OCSP Proposal Clarified
In our episode 281 we reported on Google's proposal for optional OCSP. In this episode we correct some of our earlier reporting in that episode.
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EPISODE 282
Broadcast Date:
March 2, 202329 minutes
Podcast Mar 02, 2023Root Causes 282: HSMs and Post Quantum Cryptography
We explain where Hardware Secure Modules (HSMs) fit into the world of PQC, including hybrid certificates and defining how HSMs will incorporate PQC.
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EPISODE 281
Broadcast Date:
February 27, 202326 minutes
Podcast Feb 27, 2023Root Causes 281: Google Proposes Optional OCSP
Google has proposed removing the requirement for OCSP revocation checking for public SSL certificates meeting certain specific conditions.
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EPISODE 280
Broadcast Date:
February 24, 202320 minutes
Podcast Feb 24, 2023Root Causes 280: Did an AI Break CRYSTALS-Kyber?
Recent news reports might suggest that an AI-enhanced side attack has defeated the CRYSTALS-Kyber PQC algorithm.
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EPISODE 279
Broadcast Date:
February 20, 202316 minutes
Podcast Feb 20, 2023Root Causes 279: ChatGPT Watermarking
In this episode we discuss the idea of "watermarking" ChatGPT content, including stenography, randomness, entropy, and how to destroy the watermarks.
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EPISODE 278
Broadcast Date:
February 17, 202311 minutes
Podcast Feb 17, 2023Root Causes 278: Microsoft on Certificates and FIDO
Recent public discussion of FIDO and digital certificates reveal details of Microsoft's approach to consumer digital authentication.
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EPISODE 277
Broadcast Date:
February 13, 202315 minutes
Podcast Feb 13, 2023Root Causes 277: Privacy Sandbox
Google has announced the Privacy Sandbox. In this episode we describe concepts like k-anonymity and differential privacy.