socalgal
01-11-2001, 06:29 PM
I was just sent a link to this; it makes for some interesting reading that raised some of my concerns... and perhaps yours too.
The End of SSL and SSH? (http://www.hackerwhacker.com/showarticle.dyn?article=http://securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20001218.html)
Partial quote:
...fundamental flaws in two extremely popular encryption protocols, SSL and SSH. SSL and SSH are used to protect a large amount of network traffic, from financial transactions with online banks and stock trading sites to network administrator access to secured hosts holding extremely sensitive data. Both SSH and SSL use "public key encryption," wherein their vulnerabilities lie...
Thanks "credit not needed" for the link. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif
[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 01-11-2001).]
The End of SSL and SSH? (http://www.hackerwhacker.com/showarticle.dyn?article=http://securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20001218.html)
Partial quote:
...fundamental flaws in two extremely popular encryption protocols, SSL and SSH. SSL and SSH are used to protect a large amount of network traffic, from financial transactions with online banks and stock trading sites to network administrator access to secured hosts holding extremely sensitive data. Both SSH and SSL use "public key encryption," wherein their vulnerabilities lie...
Thanks "credit not needed" for the link. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif
[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 01-11-2001).]