- Mar 15, 2011
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Google is working on implementing more strict digital certificate verification mechanisms in Chrome based on a technology it already has.
The security industry is still actively discussing the recent compromise of a Registration Authority (RA) that resulted in rogue digital certificates for high-profile domains being issued by Comodo.
Following the incident, browser vendors and security specialists have begun working together to find methods of improving the public key infrastructure (PKI), which is used to establish trust online.
However, while the involved parties are in agreement on some aspects, there are significant differences in the approaches they prefer.
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