Thursday, September 17, 2009

How SSL Encrypted Web Connections Are Intercepted




September 17, 2009 Published by  SearchSecurity.com





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How SSL-encrypted Web connections are intercepted

Sherri Davidoff, Contributor



Encrypted Web connections are routinely intercepted by enterprises for legitimate reasons. Unfortunately, attackers can use the same methods for tapping into "secure" connections, most often because of endpoint weaknesses.



In this tip, we'll examine how enterprises and attackers intercept Web connections that are encrypted using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol or its predecessor, the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

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