SSL Still Mostly Misunderstood, Even By the Pros 292
An anonymous reader writes "People still don't understand SSL. This isn't much of a surprise... no one expects that grandma and grandpa know what SSL is and what it does. What is surprising and downright scary is that most IT professionals don't understand SSL, and many consider it to be the be-all, end-all of security in their organization. With all the tools out there to manipulate SSL connections, and the browser vendors unable to settle on a single method of showing if a site is secured by SSL or not, is it any wonder that no one gets it?"
I'm a Pro (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Moderators, are you all friggin' retards? (Score:5, Funny)
I just consider this sort of typo a cheap and lazy form of story encryption...
OpenSSL: [STILL INCOMPLETE] (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Moderators, are you all friggin' retards? (Score:1, Funny)
Hey! I *do* know how to what.
It is what to how which is somehow not what you will.
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SSL has 7 times as many hits as TLS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Moderators, are you all friggin' retards? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Moderators, are you all friggin' retards? (Score:5, Funny)
I just consider this sort of typo a cheap and lazy form of story encryption...
I just except the typos for what they are
Re:You're doing it wrong (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Moderators, are you all friggin' retards? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:OpenSSL: [STILL INCOMPLETE] (Score:3, Funny)
Just modify the source until it does what you expected.
Re:Of course IT proffessionals don't get it (Score:3, Funny)
No kidding. How hard would it be for the router to actually vaguely explain what OSes can be expected to understand each type of encryption, and which you should use unless you have Specific Older Device or have discovered that some device you have doesn't work. What, do they have 32k of firmware room and no space for explanations?
Of course, most router control panels appear designed by idiots anyway.
Re:SSL is trying to do too much. (Score:4, Funny)
Everyone knows the world will end in 2012.
Oh come on, nobody's using that old stone circle computer technology any more. Half of the Machu Picchu site is missing, they've lost the Nazca Plain key server, Avesbury is completely trashed (half the stones there are uncalibrated replacements), and Stonehenge was originally just a backup ring in case the Avon flooded: I bet you couldn't get a millithaum per second out of it even on the equinox AND with a FULL team of chanters on hand.
Re:I'm a Pro (Score:3, Funny)
We will all mourn your sense of humour. What a pity...
Oh well, you can adopt another one. It will never be the same, but it'll be there when you need it!
Re:As usual, no one wants to be the leader. (Score:3, Funny)
And neither the Slashdot summary or the article to which Slashdot links is willing to link to documentation.
Please stop anthropomorphizing the article and summary. They hate that!