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Securing encrypted traffic in SSL
Insight perspective Encrypted traffic can still be dangerous, despite being carried by Secure Sockets Layer. Find out what options firms can consider to contain threats via SSL.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Authentication, Malware, SSL, antivirus, SSL certificate, certificate authority
Asian TLDs bide their time on DNSSEC
News update Thailand goes ahead to adopt security protocol for country-code top-level domain, but other countries in region continue testing and may not follow suit yet.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, DNS, Registry, Thailand, Web Browser, CEO
InvalidSSL patch isn't from Microsoft
News A worm pretending to be a patch from Microsoft's technical support staff can disable all programs on your Windows PC. Fortunately, its spread is expected to be limited.
Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services
Techguide Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Another lesser-known but increasingly popular IMAP/POP3 server is Dovecot.
Tags: Open source, Networking, Authentication, POP3, SSL, private key, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, SSL certificate, Dovecot
Perspectives provides out-of-band verification for SSH
Techguide There is more to Perspectives than the Firefox extension for TLS/SSL validation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Security, Perspectives, SSH Protocol, SSL, network, OpenSSH, SSH
Web users ignoring security certificate warnings
News Researchers from Carnegie Mellon find that Web users often ignore warnings in browsers about the validity of a Web site's digital certificate.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security, SSL, Web Browser, SSL certificate, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 2.0
New MD5/SSL exploit is not end of civilization as we know it
Techguide MD5 insecure? Absolutely. SSL hacked? Sort of, but it's not broken. A case of certificate authority negligence? You decide.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Certificate, Security, SSL, VeriSign Inc., SHA-1, Tool, Risk
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.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, SSL/TLS, PKI (public key infrastructure)
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.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, SSL/TLS
Kaminsky reveals details and extent of DNS flaw
News Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has detailed an underlying flaw in the Domain Name System that opens attack vectors including Web browsers and mailservers.
Tags: Security, Network security, Domain names, Domain, Flaw, Advertisement, Attacker, port number, DNS, University of Cambridge
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.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, SSL/TLS
Browsers to get sturdier padlocks
News Web industry group aims to lock out phishers with a stronger program to vouch for legitimate e-commerce sites.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Web browsers
Is Firefox + Perspectives the most secure browser for TLS/SSL encryption?
Techguide Perspectives is a TLS/SSL encryption certificate validation tool that works even for self-signed certificates.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Certificate, Computer Associates International Inc., Security, SSL, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Web Browser
S'pore firms lag in online protection
News update Fewer popular Web domain owners in Singapore authenticate e-mail or have strong protection for Web surfing compared to global sites, new scorecard shows.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Web browsers, Web sites, Security, E-business, E-mail Authentication, SSL, Web sites
Inventor: SSL not to blame for security woes
Insight newsmaker The Secure Sockets Layer has remained relevant since its release in 1995, says Taher Elgamal, and so-called 'broken' SSL has little to do with protocol.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Web browsers, Certificate, Microsoft Corp., Cookie
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