[kwlug-disc] Another SSL "threat" in the news

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Here are some details, from Google, who found this problem.

http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/this-poodle-bites-exploiting-ssl-30.html

The CBC article says the solution is to disable SSL 3.0, but does not
say how a consumer would go about doing this.

Some of the comments here are helpful for techies like us, describing
why SSL 3.0 lives on in browsers (old gear).

http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?threshold=3&mode=thread&commentsort=0&op=Change&sid=5827657

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Chris Irwin <chris at chrisirwin.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:25 AM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Not the most serious threat, but still...
>>
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/poodle-ssl-3-0-bug-is-the-newest-threat-to-web-security-1.2799078?cmp=rss
>>
>
> "In what they have dubbed a "Poodle" attack."
>
> This is what happens when we try to give security issues catchy names for
> the media and regular users to catch on. We start running out of cool names.
>
>
> --
> Chris Irwin
> <chris at chrisirwin.ca>
>
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