version 0.2 of the MySQL module
Brad Fitzpatrick
brad at danga.com
Mon Jul 3 18:36:08 UTC 2006
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Karjala wrote:
> Irrelevant fact: GAIM 1.5 doesn't complain when a server's certificate
> is not signed by a trusted CA
Most clients don't.
> That defeats the whole purpose of SSL which is to prevent
> man-in-the-middle attacks.
Arguably SSL has a lot of purposes, only one of which is preventing mitm
attacks. Many are happy with the encryption alone. (say, within an
office environment)
- Brad
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