SSL weakened by market competition
Co-creator of SSL argues the protocol is weakened by competing certification authorities
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is being undermined as a method of indicating that web sites are secure because of the way certification bodies hand out licences. Paul Kocher, one of the co-writers of the...
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