Re "become your own CA" - that's basically the idea. The "pin activation" algori...

		trevp on Sept 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New NSA Leak Shows MITM Attacks Against Major Inte... Re "become your own CA" - that's basically the idea. The "pin activation" algorithm is intended to make it difficult for a MITM to foist bad pins on clients, and to limit the lifetime of such pins.