DigiNotar files for bankruptcy (vasco.com)

Good riddance.

Good riddance. I hope this puts Comodo on notice.

everything else would be just plain wrong (both from a tech and a capitalist standpoint)

This doesn't restore my faith in the CA architecture behind SSL (by this point, I'm not sure anything can), because there isn't a doubt on my mind that it could only happen to a small CA like Diginotar. Considering that about 86% of the market is shared between the top 3 CAs and 91% by the top 5[1], that's really not worth that much. On the bright side, at least we now know that the rest, between 14% and 9%, are being held accountable. Baby steps.

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[1] https://ssl.netcraft.com/ssl-sample-report/CMatch/certs

Put another way: DigiNotar is going to do a bit of PR-focused restructuring. At the end of the day, the same people will be in charge and they'll still use the same technology.

Guess who issued the certificate used on Diginotar's order form? https://onlineaanvraag.diginotar.nl/Digiforms/FormDesigner.a... COMODO. Can't make this stuff up.