[Cryptography] Senate Judiciary "Going Dark" https site is untrusted!

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Wed Jul 8 11:18:49 EDT 2015


FYI --<br>

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding "Going Dark" hearings today, but their own HTTPS web site is "Untrusted" by Firefox!<br>

Isn't this the very definition of "delicious irony" ?<br>

"This Connection is Untrusted"<br>

"You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.judiciary.senate.gov, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure."<br>

"Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place.  However, this site's identity can't be verified."<br>

"What Should I Do?"<br>

"If you usually connect to this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue."<br>

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http://www.lawfareblog.com/live-senate-hearings-going-dark
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Live: Senate Hearings on "Going Dark"<br>

By Cody M. Poplin<br>
Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 9:54 AM<br>

Both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold hearings today on strong encrpytion, privacy, and the threat of "Going Dark."<br>

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing will begin this morning at 10:00 am. FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates will appear on the first panel. Panel II will include Cyrus Vance, Jr., Lawfare's Herb Lin, and Peter Swire.<br>

You can watch the hearing live here.<br>

Below are the prepared statements by both members and witnesses.<br>

    Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)<br>

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-08-15%20Grassley%20Statement.pdf
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**untrusted**<br>

    Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)<br>

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-08-15LeahyStatement.pdf
<br>**untrusted**<br>

    Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates<br>

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-08-15%20Yates%20and%20Comey%20Joint%20Testimony1.pdf
<br>**untrusted**<br>

    FBI Director James Comey<br>

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-08-15%20Yates%20and%20Comey%20Joint%20Testimony1.pdf
<br>**untrusted**<br>

    Cyrus Vance, Jr.<br>

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-08-15%20Vance%20Testimony.pdf
<br>**untrusted**<br>

    Herbert Lin<br>

http://lawfare.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/staging/Lin-testimony-2015-07-08-v5-written%20testimony.pdf
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    Peter Swire<br>

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/07-08-15%20Swire%20Testimony.pdf
<br>**untrusted*<br>

FBI Director James Comey will be the sole witness in this afternoon's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the same subject, which will begin at 2:30 pm. You can watch the hearing live on the Committee's website.<br>

http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/counterterrorism-counterintelligence-and-challenges-going-dark
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