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Re: This seem legit...

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To clarify: DO NOT DO THIS. 1. Never give your private key to anyone 2. Especially not if it is sent over an unencrypted connection (the site doesn't even use https) 3. Don't. Just don't. This is either the weakest attempt of the NSA to collect private SSL keys ever, or this company actually has zero knowledge of the product they're selling and shouldn't be trusted with your site's security

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

This just seems like some newbie programmer was like "hey, wouldn't it be cool if"... and built themselves a weekend project that they released on the site.

Obviously it's terrible for a site that sells SSL stuff, but concluding that this is the NSA is pretty hugely premature.

edit: Duh, didn't pick up on the sarcasm. In my defense, the parent text was way more vague at the time. :)

Re: This seem legit...

#13
I contacted their support:

Me: I wanted to know more about your certificate key matcher isn't the private key always meant to remain... private?

Emanuele: Yes, it should. We offer the tool to help verify the correspondence SSL certificate it is lost.

Me: But it would be sent over HTTP and viewable to anyone along the network.

Emanuele: The page can also be accessed through HTTPS.

Me: I think it should be enforced. Also something like this should be done client side. Perhaps using crypto.js

Emanuele: OK, I will pass your comment to our General manager.

Re: This seem legit...

#14
I just tested the form with a key+cert pair I created for this sole purpose. It actually performs as advertised - it checks if key and cert belong together.

Re: This seem legit...

#15
post #2

To clarify: DO NOT DO THIS. 1. Never give your private key to anyone 2. Especially not if it is sent over an unencrypted connection (the site doesn't even use https) 3. Don't. Just don't. This is either the weakest attempt of the NSA to collect private SSL keys ever, or this company actually has zero knowledge of the product they're selling and shouldn't be trusted with your site's security

Nobody else got the subtle sarcasm, but I did. No worries, man. But seriously, if it was the NSA, I like how quick everyone is to dismiss the notion!

Re: This seem legit...

#16
BITCOIN ADDRESS MATCHER

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1JqjU7zBvbhyrDFjtJG6xAwMm5BUVmtpau

and if you don't receive an error, you can rest assured that your bitcoin address works!

Re: This seem legit...

#17
post #2

To clarify: DO NOT DO THIS. 1. Never give your private key to anyone 2. Especially not if it is sent over an unencrypted connection (the site doesn't even use https) 3. Don't. Just don't. This is either the weakest attempt of the NSA to collect private SSL keys ever, or this company actually has zero knowledge of the product they're selling and shouldn't be trusted with your site's security

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. This just seems like some newbie programmer was like "hey, wouldn't it be cool if"... and built themselves a weekend project that they released on the site. Obviously it's terrible for a site that sells SSL stuff, but concluding that this is the NSA is pretty hugely premature. edit: Duh, didn't pick up on the sarcasm. In my defense, the parent…

To be fair, I'm pretty sure he had his tongue firmly in his cheek. But point well made. Whenever this point comes up I think of a scene from 'the cube', is it a massive conspiracy or utter incompetence combined with some kind emergent process?

Re: This seem legit...

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Re: This seem legit...

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post #14

I just tested the form with a key+cert pair I created for this sole purpose. It actually performs as advertised - it checks if key and cert belong together.

You have not provided any proof that it actually performs as advertised.

Maybe it just says that for any and all inputs??

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