Re: [tor-relays] Watching the attacks on my relay

[Paul Syverson <paul.syverson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 12:50:18PM +0000, mick wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:15:51 +0100
> elrippo <elrippo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> allegedly wrote:
> 
> > Jope. I tend to have some issues with some CA's.
> > But yes you are right, i should get me a decent certificate.
> > I will do that, promise.
> > 
> > You self signed your site certificate...? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> I don't see any problem per se with a self-signed certificate on a site
> which does not purport to protect anything sensitive (such as financial
> transactions). The problem with this particular certificate is that
> the common name identifier is both wrong (www) and badly formattted
> (http://) But both of those errors can be corrected very quickly.
> 
> Why pay a CA if you don't trust the CA model?
> 

You may want to take a look at
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/life-without-ca

-Paul
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