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Vulnerabilities in SSL/TLS provide for man-in-the-middle attacks

Published in Handler's Log | Posted by Anthony Paladino on November 05, 2009

Several sources are reporting severe deficiencies in SSL and TLS that could be exploited to preform man-in-the middle attacks. An article http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS has links to several stories outlining the technical aspects of the vulnerabilities.