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TLS client authentication allows the server to detect when an active MITM attempts to get into the connection[1]. This means that if you hold the theory that the NSA is acting as a MITM with Google's private keys, you also have to assume that they know they'll be detected the second anyone tries to use a client certificate to connect.

[1] http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/26142/do-client-...

parent kniht 13 years ago

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