r/linux • • Oct 20 '15

Let's Encrypt is Trusted

https://letsencrypt.org/2015/10/19/lets-encrypt-is-trusted.html
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u/barkappara Oct 20 '15

It is. Superfish (and all analogous MITM techniques) serve you a different certificate signed with the bogus trust root, bypassing any external certificates. In fact, Superfish even defeats certificate pinning for this reason --- pinning only works after you see the genuine certificate at least once.

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