Re: tailscale ..impressive
By: Phigan to Digital Man on Sun Jun 04 2023 04:40 pm
> > https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/119551/are-there-master-keys
> > -th at-can-be-used-to-generate-valid-ssl-keys
>
> That link doesn't really contradict anything I'm saying :)
>
> For a certificate or key pair to be "valid" you just have to trust the
> authority that signed it/them. We call SSL certificates used for websites
> and things as "valid" because they have been signed by one of the
> certificate authorities that we all have stored in our operating systems and
> browsers, the ones we trust. It's technically possible for any of them to
> have master keys to the certificates they generate and sign, but as the
> response in the link says, it's highly unlikely they would go using those
> willy nilly.
You've lost me on the point I thought you were making.
The topic was "end to end encryption" - and I thought you made the comment that
a "master key" is also available.
This implies that you are saying that a master key can decrypt data that is bein
g intended for an end user, that is encrypted with their public key.
Or are you saying something else?
...δεσ∩
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