Tracking Certificate Misissuance in the Wild

This course aims to educate learners on tracking certificate misissuance in the wild. The learning outcomes include understanding the errors made by Certificate Authorities (CAs) when issuing certificates, quantifying these errors using ZLint, and analyzing the construction of certificates by CAs. The course teaches the skills of using ZLint, interpreting certificate errors, and identifying authorities with organizational practices that may impact the Web PKI. The teaching method involves a presentation by Deepak Kumar at the 2018 IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, focusing on research findings and analysis in the field. The intended audience for this course includes cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and individuals interested in web security and certificate issuance practices.