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SoK: SSL and HTTPS: Revisiting Past Challenges and Evaluating Certificate Trust Model Enhancements

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Clark, J., van Oorschot, P. C.·2013·2013 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy

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Internet users today depend daily on HTTPS for secure communication with sites they intend to visit. Over the years, many attacks on HTTPS and the certificate trust model it uses have been hypothesized, executed, and/or evolved. Meanwhile the number of browser-trusted (and thus, de facto, user-trusted) certificate authorities has proliferated, while the due diligence in baseline certificate issuance has declined. We survey and categorize prominent security issues with HTTPS and provide a systematic treatment of the history and on-going challenges, intending to provide context for future directions. We also provide a comparative evaluation of current proposals for enhancing the certificate infrastructure used in practice.

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Authors
Clark, J., & van Oorschot, P. C.
Affiliations
Carleton University (CA)
Venue
2013 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2013-05
Pages
511-525
ISSN
1081-6011 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2146752727
Cited by
224
References
100
Citations by year
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FWCI
19.82
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
Locations
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) (publishedVersion)
Funders
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web Application Security Vulnerabilities
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Security and Verification in Computing
Keywords
HTTPS, SSL/TLS, certificate authority, certificate issuance, web security

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