RE: VerySign Class 1 Authority - bogus SSL certificate?

["Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh]" <aditya.deshmukh () online gateway technolabs net>]

> I've been getting SSL certificates from various websites recently that are
> apparently from a "VerySign Class 1 Authority" - note the 'y' in VerySign.
> The certificate expired 6 December 2002.

this is a valid attempt 
 
> The data in Issued To and Issued By are identical.

no big deal in this type of cert these certs can be created by anyone, except that verisign cert would not have been 
accepted by the browser, that is why we have trusted Certifacate authorities which do the validation of the certs.


> This smells very much like an SSL hijack attempt - can anyone shed some
> light on the situation?


if this is your site, please revoke the cert and make a new one or if u know the site owner please alert the site owner 
as well as versisign 

-aditya


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