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For the love of God, why has Mozilla not suspended Comodo yet? Too big to fail, my ass -- give a few months of warning before the notBefore cutoff date, and everyone will have plenty of time to switch over to a competent CA.



Seriously. How many times has Comodo displayed terrible judgement?

Bugs happen. Stupid bugs happen. Stupid systems with stupid bugs even sometimes happen.

What I don't see is Comodo learning anything from their serial screwups.


Comodo has had many serious security problems, including issuing fraudulent SSL certificates and releasing browser extensions that break security. Details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11962371




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