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EPISODE 106
Broadcast Date:
July 14, 202027 minutes
Podcast Jul 14, 2020Root Causes 106: Massive Intermediate Certificate Distrust on the Way
14 public CAs have to revoke intermediates and destroy their keys, putting millions of active SSL, S/MIME, and other public certificates at risk.
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EPISODE 105
Broadcast Date:
July 8, 202021 minutes
Podcast Jul 08, 2020Root Causes 105: TOR, How and Why
Many people know that TOR is a browser used for anonymous online activity, but most of us don't know much more than that.
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EPISODE 104
Broadcast Date:
July 6, 202029 minutes
Podcast Jul 06, 2020Root Causes 104: 21 PKI Pitfalls to Avoid
Our hosts often discuss the idea of errors in PKI implementations and the potential negative consequences for organizations.
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EPISODE 103
Broadcast Date:
June 29, 202017 minutes
Podcast Jun 29, 2020Root Causes 103: Work-from-Home IT Impact Study
The need to suddenly enable nearly 100% of information workers for secure, productive work-from-home was a curve ball for IT departments to deal with.
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EPISODE 102
Broadcast Date:
June 26, 202016 minutes
Podcast Jun 26, 2020Root Causes 102: Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act
A newly proposed US Senate bill called the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act is discussed in this week's episode.
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EPISODE 101
Broadcast Date:
June 21, 202015 minutes
Podcast Jun 21, 2020Root Causes 101: Google RCS Chat with End-to-End Encryption
Google has just announced the coming availability of end-to-end encryption for its chat service.
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EPISODE 100
Broadcast Date:
June 15, 202012 minutes
Podcast Jun 15, 2020Root Causes 100: OpenSSH Deprecates SHA-1
Once widely used, SHA-1 is considered insecure today and has been deprecated from the most common PKI use cases.
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EPISODE 99
Broadcast Date:
June 12, 202029 minutes
Podcast Jun 12, 2020Root Causes 99: AddTrust Root Expiration Explained
The recent expiration of Sectigo's AddTrust legacy root caused some systems to stop working and forced some admins to keep working over the weekend.
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EPISODE 98
Broadcast Date:
June 8, 202013 minutes
Podcast Jun 08, 2020Root Causes 98: DMARC and Verified Mark Certificates for Email
A new kind of identity certificate is coming that will enable businesses to include their logos in official email.
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EPISODE 97
Broadcast Date:
June 4, 202012 minutes
Podcast Jun 04, 2020Root Causes 97: Firefox to Deprecate Support for FTP
Mozilla has announced its intention to remove support for FTP from the Firefox browser.
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EPISODE 96
Broadcast Date:
June 1, 202018 minutes
Podcast Jun 01, 2020Root Causes 96: Signal May Leave USA to Protect End-to-End Encryption
Congress's proposed EARN IT act has many industry observers worried about its potential effect on the integrity of encrypted communication.
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EPISODE 95
Broadcast Date:
May 28, 202013 minutes
Podcast May 28, 2020Root Causes 95: Cryptographic Key Vaulting
For PKI to be secure, private keys need to remain private. In this episode we explain "vaulting" for keys or other shared secrets.