On CRLs, OCSP, and a Short Review of Why Revocation Checking Doesn't Work (for Browsers)

Today I am going to talk about some regulation details of SSL/TLS connections. These connections rely on a chain of trust. This chain of trust is established by certificate authorities (CAs), which serve as trust anchors to verify the validity of who a device thinks it is talking to ...

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A Closer Look at Chrome's Security: Understanding V8

In 2008, Google released a sandbox-oriented browser, that was assembled from several different code libraries from Google and third parties (for instance, it borrowed a rendering machinery from the open-source Webkit layout engine, later changing it to a forked version, Blink). Six years later, Chrome has become the preferred browser ...

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