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SSL/TLS Certificates: What you need to know

Insight Firefox's new way of handling SSL/TLS certificates is fueling significant debate due in large part to misunderstanding the SSL/TLS certificate process. Michael Kassner explains what SSL/TLS certificates are and how they work.

Sunday, December 14 2008 10:00 PM

Tags: Web browsers, Web servers, Authentication and encryption


SSL/TLS certificates: Perspectives helps authentication

Insight Self-signed SSL certificates are an authentication nightmare. A group of researchers have developed an application that potentially will remove some of the doubts.

Sunday, December 21 2008 11:06 PM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security Management


Puerto Rico sites redirected in DNS attack

News Visitors to Google.pr, Microsoft.com.pr, Yahoo.com.pr, and others saw defaced sites instead of the legitimate sites after an attack on the domain name system in Puerto Rico last weekend.

Tuesday, April 28 2009 09:46 AM

Tags: Network security, Hacking, SSL/TLS, Spam and phishing, Phishing, PayPal, SSL, Site, Domain Name, Attack


OpenSSL hit by forgery bug

News The widely used security technology may incorrectly verify bogus signatures.

Monday, September 25 2006 11:24 AM

Tags: Security, SSL/TLS


EV SSL promises more secure online transactions

Insight In order for HTTPS traffic to be secure, we need to know that the Web site we are visiting is the one we think it is. Here's a new standard that will elevate confidence.

Sunday, January 11 2009 09:34 PM

Tags: Network security, Authentication and encryption



RSA sees looming identity crisis online

Insight The director of technology for RSA Security said businesses need to move their online customers toward a federated identity policy or security threats could bring people to lose confidence in trading.

Monday, November 08 2004 04:12 PM

Tags: PKI (public key infrastructure), SSL/TLS


Next-gen SSL certificates limited in phishing fight

Techguide Recent study concludes that users do not take note of extended validation SSL certificates which verify identities of legitimate Web sites.

Monday, March 05 2007 07:22 PM

Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, SSL/TLS


Eliminate the clients

News Virtual private networks that do not require users to download additional software on their computers enable faster deployment and reduce configuration problems.

Thursday, August 05 2004 06:02 PM

Tags: VPNs, Network security, SSL/TLS, Security applications/tools


Next-gen SSL certificates limited in phishing fight

News Recent study concludes that users do not take note of extended validation SSL certificates which verify identities of legitimate Web sites.

Tuesday, February 27 2007 03:36 PM

Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, SSL/TLS


Google making SSL changes

News Security researcher holds off on releasing exploit after talks with Google, the only company to respond to complaints about SSL implementations.

Monday, August 25 2008 03:17 AM

Tags: SSL/TLS, Authentication and encryption, Web sites, Web browsers, Cookie, Security, SSL, Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, Facebook


Friendly rootkits a must for secure Web shopping?

News Secure Socket Layer certificates have made e-commerce more secure, but a U.S. security researcher reckons benevolent rootkits might do a better job.

Wednesday, November 28 2007 12:01 PM

Tags: E-commerce, SSL/TLS, Digital signatures


Request and install SSL certificates in IIS 6.0

Techguide SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates are perhaps the most common way to protect information being transmitted between a visitor Web browser and your Web site.

Thursday, January 24 2008 06:15 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, SSL/TLS, PKI (public key infrastructure)


Researcher: Even SSL-encrypted Gmail vulnerable to cookie theft

News Researcher who demonstrated the "sidejack" attack at Black Hat USA now says even encrypted Gmail can be compromised.

Sunday, February 03 2008 10:08 PM

Tags: E-mail clients, SSL/TLS, Web browsers, Hacking


U.K. police: Let us seize encryption keys

News PCs of suspected terrorists, pedophiles gather dust as investigators struggle to decrypt hard-drive data, they say.

Wednesday, August 16 2006 11:33 AM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, PKI (public key infrastructure), SSL/TLS, Digital signatures, Legal


Be aware of this wireless Internet access vulnerability

Techguide If a public hot spot advertises itself using a specific SSID, a hacker can set up another 802.11 access point using the same SSID. Here are some things to keep in mind concerning wireless Internet access.

Monday, July 11 2005 02:43 PM

Tags: Networking, Mobile/Wireless, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Security, Network security, Authentication and encryption, SSL/TLS


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3 lessons a CIO can learn from Windows 7

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Microsoft's missteps with Vista, and attempts at redemption with Windows 7, offers firms valuable lessons in IT, be it in rolling out a new corporate application or delivering millions of copies of a new OS.


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Ultimate 2012 recovery site: the moon

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Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't be able to write off the cost of our..... by Nathaniel Forbes

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