kopete irc-slave (Was: KSSL session reuse bugs)
George Staikos
staikos at kde.org
Wed Oct 22 22:56:47 BST 2003
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 17:21, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> > That is a false statement. You don't have a secure connection until
> > the certificate is verified, no matter how strong the cipher is.
>
> Some people don't care if the connection is *really secure*, they just want
> the ability to connect to SSL IRC servers. And they don't want to waste the
> time verifying the certificate / having dialogs pop up. Hence the option.
That sets a very dangerous precedent, and actually it compromises the
security of everyone else on the network.
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George Staikos
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