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Reflections on Adjusting Trust: The Mozilla Root Program

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Reflections on Adjusting Trust: The Mozilla Root Program
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Tales of running an open and transparent Certificate Authority Program
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Seamless secure (TLS) connections on the internet are underpinned by the WebPKI - a system where Certificate Authorities (CAs) issue identity certificatesto people and sites, and clients such as browsers have a "trusted root" listof those they think will do that job right. Mozilla runs the only open andtransparently root program, which defines what Firefox (and probably yourLinux distro) trusts; this talk explains how we use that power to make theInternet a safer and more secure place.