Reply to post: Certificates in DNS?

Symantec fires staff caught up in rogue Google SSL cert snafu

Crazy Operations Guy

Certificates in DNS?

I figure that a new DNS record for a website could be created with the certificate's public key and a URL for the issuer. That way the owner of the domain has at least some control over what certificates are considered valid for them.

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon