Root Causes

Though it is the closest thing to an industry-standard API, there are still products and operating systems that don't support ACME. In this episode we explore what happens to these products once 90-day SSL certificates become the requirement.

Root Causes 419: What Happens to Vendors Who Don't Support ACME When 90-day Certificates Come?

We go over Tim's September 2024 keynote speech at ENISA CA Day, "The Privilege of Being a Public CA."

Root Causes 448: The Privilege of Being a Public CA

In this episode we walk through the evolution of the war on cryptography, from the beginning up through today, terminating in what we call Crypto War 3.0.

Root Causes 462: Crypto War 3.0

The past year has seen a great deal of focus on the use of public TLS certificates where private root certificates are actually the appropriate solution. In this episode we discuss the differences between these two use cases and what IT organizations can do about it.

Root Causes 467: Decoupling Public from Private Use Cases

Guest Dmitry Sharkov joins us to describe Open MPIC, the open-source project to help public CAs support MPIC.

Root Causes 485: What Is Open MPIC?

Digital certificate industry veterans Tim Callan and Jason Soroko explore the issues surrounding digital identity, PKI, and cryptographic connections in today's dynamic and evolving computing world. Best practices in digital certificates are continually under pressure from technology trends, new laws and regulations, cryptographic advances, and the evolution of our computing architectures to be more virtual, agile, ubiquitous, and cloud-based. Jason and Tim (and the occasional guest subject matter expert) will help you stay current on developments in this essential technology platform and to understand the whys and wherefores of popular Public Key Infrastructures.