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eMudhra certificate authority keys reportedly cracked in milliseconds
Original: Eight Bits of Trust; eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds
Security researcher Scott Helme has published an analysis alleging that weak, effectively eight-bit entropy keys associated with Indian certificate authority eMudhra could be cracked in milliseconds, raising questions about the trustworthiness of certificates the company has issued. The findings are being widely discussed among security professionals, with debate over the implications for browser and operating system trust stores and whether the authority should face removal or audit.
Why now: A prominent security researcher's claim that a publicly trusted certificate authority used critically weak keys threatens trust in HTTPS certificates issued to many websites.
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