Abstract
Certificate Transparency ([16]), an open framework promoted by Google Inc. for monitoring and auditing SSL / TLS certificates, has a massive impact on the trust model of the internet ecosystem. As of March 2015, the implementation of this framework is required by the Internet browser Chrome for all Extended Validation Certificates (EVC-SSL). In this paper, the concepts and the structure of Certificate Transparency are explained and the impact on the existing players in the SSL / TLS ecosystem are discussed.
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Fiedler, A., Thiel, C. (2014). The need of European White Knights for the TLS/SSL Certificate System. In: Reimer, H., Pohlmann, N., Schneider, W. (eds) ISSE 2014 Securing Electronic Business Processes. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-06708-3_13
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