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From: purdy at tecman.com (Curt Purdy)
Subject: [lists] Re: Administrivia: List Compromised due
	to MailmanVulnerability

Anders Langworthy wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> > Unless we have a Schrodinger's Cat John who manifests itself twice, 
> > once saying "Yup" and once saying "Oh shit!". :)
> > 
> 
> Hehe.  Technically it doesn't work that way.  At this very 
> moment, the certificate can be both valid and invalid.  
> However, once we query John about his state (akin to opening 
> the bag and checking up on the Cat) and he produces an 
> answer, the wave function that is John's SSL Certificate has 
> collapsed.  At that point, the certificate can either be 
> valid or invalid, but not both. 
<snip>

Actually it can be both.  Unlike in the real world of physics, the unreal
world of the Internet has morphed perceptions.  And since in the real world
dualities cannot exist, this must be quantified.  Which is the reason the
engine should not just check if the certificate is valid, but should also
check if it is invalid. If so, it must then be rejected.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, CNE, MCSE+I, CCDA 
Information Security Engineer 
DP Solutions 

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What's more, you deserve to be hacked.
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