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0 pointsjaas1d ago0 comments

This is a compliance incident, we should be issuing again shortly.

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theduderoger1d ago

can you update the status page with this information?

rbaudibert1d ago

Thanks for the assurance, jaas! Keep up the good work

washingupliquid1d ago

Real soon now?

gabeio1d ago

> This is a compliance incident

Uh. I don't know if I like the sound of that...

john_strinlai1d ago

"compliance incident" is the catchall for everything from a spelling error on a CPS (certification practice statement) or being one second late on revocation, all the way up to to key compromise.

it is almost always closer to the spelling mistake side than it is the key compromise side of the spectrum.

a peak at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=CA%20Progra... will show that most compliance issues, to the general public, are quite mundane.

walrus011d ago

Indeed. "Compliance" can mean some internal audit/monitoring system has tripped and requires in depth investigation and preservation of logging, or it can mean "federal law enforcement with badges are right now standing in our datacenter and/or NOC serving a court order".

tptacek1d ago

At times like this it's worth remembering that message boards strongly favor whatever narrative is going to be most fun and exciting to talk about.

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eqvinox1d ago

Federal law enforcement in your DC isn't something you'd call a "compliance" issue, that's not what that term means. Yes it's various derivatives of the English word "comply", but this is a field of well-defined verbiage, and that ain't it. Compliance means they failed (or are being questioned) about following particular practices that they have agreed to, nothing else really.

NB: "legal compliance" is another term. So is "{legal,lawful} enforcement"

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