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Re: Firefox 2.0.x: tracking unsuspecting users using TLS client certificates

Arshad Noor wrote:
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>   My understanding of the TLS protocol is that the browser only sends
>   the certificates signed by CAs that the server trusts; are you saying
>   that the protocol allows for asking ANY certificate from the browser
>   cert-store, regardless of who signed it?
>   
Yes, one can configure a web server to accept ANY certificate for client 
auth.

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