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I may be being a bit dense, but if your client device contains a root that goes off-reservation, how does it ever receive a revocation notice? Doesn't everything that chains to that root via a valid chain still get trusted?

Side note: Are payment systems required to link to revalidate their roots at any regular intervals?




> I may be being a bit dense, but if your client device contains a root that goes off-reservation, how does it ever receive a revocation notice? Doesn't everything that chains to that root via a valid chain still get trusted?

Yes, if a client isn't receiving root store updates it will continue to trust certificates chaining to the off-reservation root. This is why taking previously-trusted roots off-reservation is bad for the ecosystem and would ideally be prohibited.

> Side note: Are payment systems required to link to revalidate their roots at any regular intervals?

Many payment systems apparently have no automatic update mechanism, so I assume there is no requirement for such.


Wow, the two of those combined with embedded systems with extended lifecycles seem like a recipe for disaster.


It really is :-(




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