full-disclosure - Re: [OpenID] OpenID/Debian PRNG/DNS Cache poisoning advisory

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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:29:24 -0700
From: Dick Hardt <dick@...p.com>
To: Ben Laurie <benl@...gle.com>
Cc: cryptography@...zdowd.com, Eric Rescorla <ekr@...workresonance.com>,
	Dave Korn <dave.korn@...imi.com>,
	full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	OpenID List <general@...nid.net>, security@...nid.net
Subject: Re: [OpenID] OpenID/Debian PRNG/DNS Cache
	poisoning advisory

On 8-Aug-08, at 10:11 AM, Ben Laurie wrote:
>
> It also only fixes this single type of key compromise. Surely it is
> time to stop ignoring CRLs before something more serious goes wrong?

Clearly many implementors have chosen to *knowingly* ignore CRLs  
despite the security implications, so my take away would be that the  
current public key infrastructure is flawed.

-- Dick

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