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  3. March 2017

Re: DCM cert for Apache settings

Rob,

I concede the point that any discussion here will probably (99999 to 1) not
influence any change in the warning messages issued by browsers.

Your analogy is confusing to me because you begin with a hypothetical of
your holding the domain name ibm.com, then you end with a hypothetical of
someone ending up at your web site instead of ibm.com.

I'm not trying to argue, at all. I was saying that I didn't understand how
a certificate issued by an an authority was more trustworthy than one
issued by a site. I think I understand now. It all hinges on the
possibility of browsers being misdirected by malware (DNS poisoning) or
some other malicious means.

Honestly, I think there are other ways that browsers could thwart DNS
poisoning and malicious misdirection. But certificate authorities would
oppose that.

HTH,

Nathan.

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