On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:25:57 +0100 (CET), Petri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Richard Menedetter wrote:
>> PS: There is some kind of transfer.
>> The browser has a built in list of certification authorities.
>> Thos can sign keys from servers.
>> If the browser encounters a key which is signed by a known CA, than it will
>> proceed, if not, than a window pops up, and asks you what to do.
> Well, this "transfer" is totally different and has nothing to do with the
> actual encryotion. =)
> I'm not even sure it sends the key, it might only send key IDs or
> something. Whatever. =)
petri .......yeah....but read Sergei's last-night post about cracking
and getting a couple thousand creditcard numbers, et al, because
the server had them stored in the clear.......Roger Turk would echo
me when I say, "any secure system can be blown by stupidity."
It sounds like a small replay of "The Cuckoo's Egg"//
gregy
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