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Inside Risks: PKI: A Question of Trust and Value

On March 22, 2001, Microsoft issued a security bulletin (MS01–017) alerting the Internet community that two digital certificates were issued in Microsoft’s name by VeriSign (the largest digital certificate company) to an individual—an impostor—not associated with Microsoft. Instantaneously, VeriSign (a self-proclaimed "Internet trust company") and the entire concept of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital […]

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