Trevelyan writes In his speech Blackhat on the past and the future of SSL (YouTube video) Moxie Marlinspike says today’s problems SSL, and the story of how he came to be. He went then not only offer a solution, but it has implemented and Convergence :…. It allows you to disable all trusted CA in your browser and always safe to use HTTPS, it works even with self-signed certificates You still need to trust someone, but not always as the case of the system Notary, which you can ask anonymously for their views on the authenticity of a certificate. You can Notaries pool for a consensus , and add / remove them at any time.