Root CAs [was Re: Upgrade 8.2 -> 9.4 breaks cpan?]

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> Root C(ertificate)A(uthorities) are a failure and acts of oppression

I don't think they're a failure per se.  They do what they're designed
to do very well.  Trouble is, it's what the designers want(ed), not
what you (or I) want(ed).

CA-hierarchy-secured communication is a fail for me because it is
completely unable to protect against the actors I am most concerned
about, which are large corporations and governments: the ones who are
the roots of the (so-called) trust hierarchy, the kind of entity which
can easily get certs for *.com and the like.

It's putting the foxes in charge of securing the doors on the henhouse.

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