The Emerging Threat to Online Trust
The Role of Public Policy and Browser Certificates
New America Foundation and Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy
Friday, October 22, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Every day, we rely on our web browsers to keep our communications secure. Whether we are submitting our credit card for purchases, doing online banking, or sending email, the same fundamental security structure is being used. The lock icon displayed by web browsers might give users reason to believe that the prevailing "certificate"-based model is trustworthy, the reality is that many vulnerabilities exist, and the risks are multiplying. Hundreds of different entities located around the world have the ability to issue fraudulent certificates that will nevertheless be trusted by our browsers. Overcoming the shortcomings in the current model and working toward a better model requires cooperation of corporations, the government, developers, and users. Many of the most difficult challenges are not technical in nature but rather social or political.
Welcome Remarks
Sascha Meinrath
Director, Open Technology Initiative
New America Foundation
Overview
Edward W. Felten
Director, Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy
Stephen Schultze
Associate Director, Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy
Keynote Speaker
Andrew McLaughlin
White House Deputy Chief Techonology Officer, Internet Policy
Panelists
Adam Langley
Google
Scott Rea
Senior PKI Architect, DigiCert
Paul Vixie
President, Internet Software Consortium
Respondents
Ari Schwartz
Senior Internet Policy Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Peter Eckersley
Senior Staff Technologist, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Hosted by Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy and the New America Foundation
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