[147819] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what if...?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen van Aart)
Thu Dec 22 19:05:26 2011
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:04:12 -0800
From: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> Does your Mom call you up every time she gets a dialog box complaining
> about an invalid certificate ?
>
> If she has been conditioned just to click "OK" when that happens, then
> she probably can't.
Everyone I have observed clicks "ok" or "confirm exception" (if I
remember the phrase correctly) as soon as possible. Sadly I think only a
few security conscious (IT) people will actually think twice and reject
it if they don't trust it.
That to me proves this aspect ssl is somewhat flawed in that regard. But
then I am preaching to the choir. :-)
Regards,
Jeroen
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