Google to Strip Chrome of SSL Revocation Checking

Google to Strip Chrome of SSL Revocation Checking

2/7/2012

Google's Chrome web browser will stop relying on a decades-old method for ensuring SSL certificates are validAs one Google engineer explains, "it’s worthless because it only works when you don’t need it.".

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