EFF Uncovers Evidence Of Certificate Authority Apathy
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
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In yet another example of a flawed SSL website certificate registration process, researchers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) found tens of thousands of unqualified website names that had been registered by certificate authorities.
