[kwlug-disc] Blue Coat

CrankyOldBugger crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
Sat May 28 14:50:28 EDT 2016


I ran the fix on my one Windows box, it was easy enough to do.  Just a
matter of installing the certificate, but you install it to the "Untrusted"
section.

I haven't done my Linux boxes yet, but I'm hoping it's a similar procedure.



On Sat, 28 May 2016 at 14:39 B.S. <bs27975.2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting, thanks for the heads up.
>
> Little puzzled, though, as I expect most certificates get consulted by
> browsers, not the OS. No doubt it applies for trusted mac/windows
> software/OS updates. i.e. I would have thought they would focus more on
> what it means to browsers, not OS'.
>
> Anyone got links on the Blue Coat 'issue' in terms of impact upon Linux?
>
> Regardless, that there are '"man in the middle" devices' out there is
> ... disturbing. I get that there are Sandvine boxes out there between me
> and my internet provider, but not much I can do about that. That there
> are other (devices) out there is ... <ick>.
>
>
> On 05/28/2016 02:24 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > I don't know if any of the fine people on this list work at Blue Coat,
> but
> > there's some troubling news out there...
> >
> >
> http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/untrust-suspicious-blue-coat-certificate-authority-mac-windows-0171364/
>
>
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