wordpress blog stats
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

, , , ,

Indian Govt probing unauthorised digital certificates issued by NICCA

The government is looking into the issue of unauthorized certificates issued by the National Informatics Centre Certifying Authority (NICCA) of India, reports PTI. Department of Electronics and Information Technology secretary RS Sharma told the publication that Certifying Authority (CA) is now taking appropriate steps, under the guidance of the CCA (Controller of Certifying Authorities). However, he hasn't disclosed any specific details on this. Indian CCA had previously launched an internal investigation into the issue of unauthorized certificates to Google domains by the National Informatics Centre Certifying Authority (NICCA) of India, after Google had raised this issue earlier this month. Microsoft also mentioned it was aware of improperly issued SSL certificates. CCA issues licenses and regulates the working of subordinate Certifying Authorities, which in turn issues digital certificates for electronic authentication of users. These digital certificates allow a person, computer or organisation to securely exchange information over the internet. Digital certificates works like an e-ID, and is supposed to be forgery resistant. The information on these certificates can be verified. It contains certificate holder's name, a serial number, expiration dates, a copy of certificate holder's public key (used for encrypting messages and digital signatures) and digital signature of the CA. After this incident came to light, a note on the CCA website had said that three CA Certificates issued to NICCA have been suspended due to security reasons and the corresponding CRLs have been updated for this purpose. On July 9, India CCA had apparently informed Google that NIC’s issuance process was compromised and that only four certificates were…

Please subscribe/login to read the full story.
Written By

Free Reads

News

With GPS in every car, India's toll collection is going high-tech.

News

Google is currently undergoing the necessary procedures for the leasehold land, which is presently under the ownership of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

News

The pilot project for which is being launched in 19 cities this year, with a plan to launch a full-fledged rollout next year.

MediaNama’s mission is to help build a digital ecosystem which is open, fair, global and competitive.

Views

News

NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe recently said that what is not written in regulations is a no-go for fintech entities. But following this advice could...

News

Notably, Indus Appstore will allow app developers to use third-party billing systems for in-app billing without having to pay any commission to Indus, a...

News

The existing commission-based model, which companies like Uber and Ola have used for a long time and still stick to, has received criticism from...

News

Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to...

News

Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?...

You May Also Like

News

Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...

Advert

135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...

News

By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...

News

Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...

MediaNama is the premier source of information and analysis on Technology Policy in India. More about MediaNama, and contact information, here.

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Name:*
Your email address:*
*
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ