Re: Firewall best practices

[Andre Lima <andreflima () gmail com>]

With all due respect to Paul and Marcus, SSL is NOT crappy! Most bugs 
are implementation induced (openSSH or other less known) and the most 
known SSL strip vulnerability is not a problem of SSL but rather a user 
awareness issue, because if everyone payed attention to the 's' in https 
on their browser, that attack wouldn't be so troublesome.

With respect to the fact that encrypted traffic does go through a 
firewall with no inspection...well guess what: that means SSL is great 
since it's obviously performing its task well, which is maintain privacy 
of the traffic!

The issue here is mostly philosophical/political than technical. People 
demanded privacy and SSL delivered. One doesn't stop using the internet 
(or any other resource for that matter) just because it is also used by 
"bad guys".

Bottom line: SSL rocks!!!

--
André Lima
http://pt.linkedin.com/in/aflima

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