[tor-talk] Proposed DV certificate issuance for next-generation onion services

[x9p]

nice move from EFF, thanks Seth. If accepted and implemented by Lets 
Encrypt, super :)

cheers.

x9p

On 2017-11-02 22:23, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> Coinciding with the Tor blog post today about next-generation onion
> services, I sent a proposal to the CA/Browser Forum to amend the rules
> to allow issuance of publicly-trusted certificates for use with TLS
> services on next-generation onion addresses (with DV validation 
> methods,
> in addition to the currently-permitted EV methods -- thereby permitting
> individuals as well as anonymous service operators to receive these
> certificates).
> 
> https://cabforum.org/pipermail/public/2017-November/012451.html
> 
> Thanks to various people here for discussing the merits of this with 
> me.
> We'll see what the Forum's membership thinks of the idea!
> 
> --
> Seth Schoen  <schoen at eff.org>
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