Reflections on Adjusting Trust: The Mozilla Root Program Tales of running an open and transparent C…
Channel: FOSDEM
Date: 2018-03-11

Reflections on Adjusting Trust: The Mozilla Root Program Tales of running an open and transparent Certificate Authority Program
by Gerv Markham

At: FOSDEM 2017

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.


Room: H.1301 (Cornil)
Scheduled start: 2017-02-05 11:40:00