Security Collapse in the HTTPS Market.

The article offers the author's view on the fall of security in the hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) market. He mentions its role in web browsing security as well as the manifestation of Internet services and users through a certificate-based authentication protocol. He notes its criticali...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 10; pp. 47 - 56
Autores principales:	ARNBAK, AXEL, ASGHARI, HADI, VAN EETEN, MICHEL, VAN EIJK, NICO
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Oct2014
Materias:	HTTP (Computer network protocol) Computer network protocol security measures Data security failures DigiNotar BV Comodo Group Inc. VeriSign Inc. Web browsing Internet service providers Internet users Security systems
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Sumario:	The article offers the author's view on the fall of security in the hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) market. He mentions its role in web browsing security as well as the manifestation of Internet services and users through a certificate-based authentication protocol. He notes its criticality in protecting online activities of economy, society and politics. An overview of security breach at certificate authorities (CAs) such as DigiNotar BV, Comodo Group Inc. and Verisign Inc. is also presented.