On May 21, 1:46 am, Kurt Seifried <k...@seifried.org> wrote:
> m...@mattmccutchen.net wrote:
> > I'm not claiming that the user knows.  I only said that if there is in
> > fact no impersonation, then the error is a false positive.
[...]
> For you to claim that the browser should be able to determine the
> intent of a self signed and unknown certificate (i.e. is it
> legitimate, or a man in the middle) without any external help
> represents a failing is to show a pretty fundamental lack of
> understanding as to how this all works.

Once again, I make no such claim.  I said that if there is in fact no
impersonation, then the error is a false positive.  Of course the
browser cannot determine that.

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Matt
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