Re: Uses for self-signed certificates (Was: Browser security warning)

> From: Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
>> I have no problem turning on SSL any time at all provided that the user is
>> not given a false sense of security. Don't show the padlock, maybe warn if
>> the user actually typed in https://.
> 
> In this use case, the content is both encrypted and, "secure,"
> for many reasonable definitions of secure.

   "Secure" is a meaningless word unless you say what it is secure against.
What is the threat model under which you would say this meets a definition
of secure?

Received on Tuesday, 9 January 2007 15:23:47 UTC