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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ subsequently it issued hundreds of fraudulent SSL certificates, some of which we
man-in-the-middle attacks on Iranian Gmail users. Not cool.
Google launched a project called **Certificate Transparency**, because it was becoming more common
that the root of trust given to _Certification Authorities_ could no longer be unilateraly trusted.
that the root of trust given to _Certification Authorities_ could no longer be unilaterally trusted.
These attacks showed that the lack of transparency in the way CAs operated was a significant risk to
the Web Public Key Infrastructure. It led to the creation of this ambitious
[[project](https://certificate.transparency.dev/)] to improve security online by bringing
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ implementations, TesseraCT or Sunlight, he thinks would be a good fit. One thing
with me: "The community needs _any_ static log operator, so if Google thinks TesseraCT is ready, by
all means use that. The diversity will do us good!".
To find out if one or the other is 'ready' is partly on the software, but importantly also an the
To find out if one or the other is 'ready' is partly on the software, but importantly also on the
operator. So I carefully take Sunlight out of its cardboard box, and put it onto the same Dell R630
that I used in my previous tests: two Xeon E5-2640 v4 CPUs for a total of 20 cores and 40 threads,
and 512GB of DDR4 memory. They also sport a SAS controller. In one machine I place 6pcs 1.2TB SAS3
disks (HPE part number EG1200JEHMC), and in the second machine I place 6pcs of 1.92TB enterprise
and 512GB of DDR4 memory. They also sport a SAS controller. In one machine I place 6 pcs 1.2TB SAS3
drives (HPE part number EG1200JEHMC), and in the second machine I place 6pcs of 1.92TB enterprise
storage (Samsung part number P1633N19).
### Sunlight: setup
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ tools is easy enough, there are three main tools:
1. ***skylight***: Which serves the read-path. `/checkpoint` and things like `/tile` and `/issuer`
are served here in a spec-compliant way.
The YAML configuration file is staight forward, and can define and handle multiple logs in one
The YAML configuration file is straightforward, and can define and handle multiple logs in one
instance, which sets it apart from TesseraCT which can only handle one log per instance. There's a
`submissionprefix` which `sunlight` will use to accept writes, and a `monitoringprefix` which
`skylight` will use for reads.