Tag Archives: SSL

When deprecated != deprecated

Posted on January 19, 2018 by T.Rob

Every now and then we hear that a cipher algorithm has fallen to a new cracking technique. This cascades into a new round of deprecating any ciphersuites that rely on the newly cracked algorithms.  Over the years we’ve moved from … Continue reading →

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Zero to SSL in under 5 Minutes

Posted on July 7, 2015 by T.Rob

A viewer of the Zero to Hello World video recently challenged me to do a similar video for SSL. Challenge accepted!

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Signed C&C messages? What a novel idea!

Posted on January 8, 2009 by T.Rob

I’ve been saying for a while now that Command and Control messages to be signed.  It’s a question of authentication.  When you pass a message to perform an administrative action, what assurance do you have that the message got to … Continue reading →

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SSL certificate irony

Posted on July 30, 2008 by T.Rob

I happened across Doug Munsinger’s post about refreshing WMQ SSL certificates.  On the one hand, it’s good to know someone else out there is using SSL with WMQ.  On the other hand, the certificate problem on Doug’s web site overshadows … Continue reading →

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