SSL - News, Features, and Slideshows

• 5 things you need to know about SSL

  Here's a quick and dirty guide to SSL/TLS, one of the most important technologies for securing data on the Internet.

• New SSL server rules go into effect Nov. 1

  Public certificate authorities (CAs) are warning that as of Nov. 1 they will reject requests for internal SSL server certificates that don't conform to new internal domain naming and IP address conventions designed to safeguard networks.

• 'Heartbleed' bug in OpenSSL puts encrypted communications at risk

  Computer security experts are advising administrators to patch a severe flaw in a software library used by millions of websites to encrypt sensitive communications.

• What Google, Facebook and Twitter are doing right with website security

  The popular services of Google, Facebook and Twitter are improving in terms of security, says Scott Behrens, head of Neohapsis Labs, which took a security snapshot of them on May 28 through an analysis that included looking at server headers sent during responses to the websites.

• What's lurking in your network? Find out by decrypting SSL

  Organizations have spent vast sums of money on security systems and, when deployed and operated correctly, they play a key role in safeguarding the organization. However, most systems have one critical dependency: The traffic flowing through must be readable. If the traffic is encrypted, many systems are almost completely useless, giving the system owner a false sense of security.

Whitepapers about SSL

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  The 300 Unknown Malware Test