[MlMt] Trouble connecting to iCloud (certificate validation)

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 18 Aug 2015, at 23:20, Bill Cole wrote:

> That's because the user in question is unwisely using an Avast 
> "security" suite that installs its own trusted root CA certificate and 
> proceeds to hijack all SSL traffic and proxy it using bogus 
> certificates signed by the Avast CA. This is a truly terrible 
> behavioral model for supposed "security" software but it is common in 
> commercial AV. That user has effectively handed full control of his 
> computer and everything it does to the Avast snake oil hucksters.

Ah, thanks for that explanation. It would probably have taken a long 
time before I had realized what was going on. What a horrible hack.

-- 
Benny