Why eMudhra’s exit from the website certification business is not enough

eMudhra, one of India’s 14 licensed certificate authorities, said it would withdraw from the global SSL/TLS certificate business, according to a press release issued on October 22. The decision comes five days after cybersecurity researchers reported that the private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificates were so weak that attackers could exploit them. For context, an SSL/TLS certificate verifies a website’s domain name and establishes an encrypted connection between the website and ano