SSL Still Mostly Misunderstood, Even By the Pros

Posted by timothy on Monday October 12, 2009 @12:14AM from the duh-it's-encrypted dept.

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?"

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As usual, no one wants to be the leader. by Futurepower(R) · 2009-10-12 00:56 · Score: 5, Interesting

This article would be funny if it weren't so sad. What's the reason computer professionals don't understand SSL? Bad documentation. And neither the Slashdot summary or the article to which Slashdot links is willing to link to documentation.

The Wikipedia explanation of SSL helps. This explanation helps, also.

The Do It Yourself SSL Guide is useful.