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(In reply to Wan-Teh Chang from comment #14)
> Comment on attachment 557158
> Patch (v1)
> 
> >     // By request of the Dutch government
> 
> I suggest this comment be reworded.  This comment
> implies we yielded to government pressure.  I doubt
> that's the case.

Can someone please blog on the Mozilla Security Blog explaining this
part of the situation? How it came about, what has been excepted and
what effect it has only people visiting sites that are part of this
exception. Thank you.

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Title:
  Remove the exemptions for the Staat der Nederlanden root

Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
  Fix Released
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “xulrunner-1.9.2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “firefox” source package in Lucid:
  In Progress
Status in “xulrunner-1.9.2” source package in Lucid:
  In Progress
Status in “firefox” source package in Maverick:
  In Progress
Status in “xulrunner-1.9.2” source package in Maverick:
  In Progress
Status in “firefox” source package in Natty:
  In Progress
Status in “xulrunner-1.9.2” source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in “firefox” source package in Oneiric:
  Triaged
Status in “xulrunner-1.9.2” source package in Oneiric:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Here's an updated blog post on the DigiNotar issue:
  http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2011/09/02/diginotar-removal-follow-up/

  The Staat der Nederlanden roots have been removed as well now and we
  in Ubuntu will follow suit.

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