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Certificate Authority Collapse: Regulating Systemic Vulnerabilities in the HTTPS Value Chain

2012; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.2031409

1556-5068

Axel Arnbak, N.A.N.M. van Eijk,

Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure ('HTTPS') has evolved into the de facto standard for secure web browsing. Through the certificate-based authentication protocol, web services and internet users protect valuable communications and transactions against interception and alteration by cybercriminals, governments and business. In only one decade, it has facilitated trust in a thriving global E-Commerce economy, while every internet user has come to depend on HTTPS for social, political and economic activities on the internet.