[Cryptography] Shouldn’t root certificates switch to McEliece?

John Levine johnl at iecc.com
Mon Sep 9 16:53:44 EDT 2019


In article <20190908180010.3d7709de at jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> you write:
>On Sun, 08 Sep 2019 19:10:35 +0000 Ryan Carboni via cryptography
><cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
>> Shouldn’t root certificates switch to McEliece?
>> 
>> Certificates are used for decades,
>
>Certificates are not used for decades.

Unfortunately, some of them are.  Look at the cert for www.yahoo.com
or facebook.com and you'll find it chains to a DigiCert root that
expires in 2031.

R's,
John




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