And also Symantec, and now Entrust. All of these CAs have incredibly sloppy vetting procedures and/or control over their resellers. In many cases they didn't even check CAA records to see if they'd be authorized to issue new certs, even though it has been a requirement for years. They had one job, and failed abysmally at it, relying on their too big to fail status. You can feel the frustration of people like Adam Langley at Google over his inability to bring the banhammer to bear fast enough on those clowns.
Am I the only one that understands 10% of what's going on? Obviously they won't add his CA, and there seems to be some other links to joke requests, but what am I missing?
They are poking fun at the seemingly random (and non-trustworthy) companies which are allowed to issue root CAs and how hard it is to remove them if they reach the "too big to fail" status.
I do this to defang the url to prevent unintentional clicks or automatic previewing when working and reporting on security events. Sometimes the habit bleeds over.
Yes as far as the title on the Mozilla page goes but: Ahmed is pronounced Achmed (if your first langues is e.g. English).
Among my Arab friends with that name the spelling that omits the 'c' is more common. Another common form is Ahmad which is still pronounced the same.
The version with 'c' is one that contains a pronunciation hint for people whose native language is not Arabic (but probably English). As is the one with the 'e' vs the 'a' as last vowel.
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Honest Achmed has been one of my favorites for as long as its been around.
Bug 647959 – Add Honest Achmed's root certificate - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2463762 - April 2011 (114 comments)
Bug 647959 – Add Honest Achmed's root certificate (2011) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839315 - January 2016 (68 comments)
Add Honest Achmed's root certificate (2011) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35490740 - April 2023 (25 comments)
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Among my Arab friends with that name the spelling that omits the 'c' is more common. Another common form is Ahmad which is still pronounced the same.
The version with 'c' is one that contains a pronunciation hint for people whose native language is not Arabic (but probably English). As is the one with the 'e' vs the 'a' as last vowel.
I.e. Ahmad == Ahmed == Achmed.
What hint would that be? There's no 'c' sound in the Arabic version.
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Because, "trust us". Seriously, Google, Microsoft, Cloudfare, etc. at the same level as Achmed. The only thing Achmed lacks is marketing.