RTT wrote: >> SSL/TLS aktually uses common, powerful and strong encryption >> algorithms. However secure peer to peer communication is much more >> than just that. SSL security includes, for instance, peer >> verification and protects against "Man in the Middle" attacks. > > "Man in the Middle" attacks don't work if the "man in the middle" > don't know how to handle the encrypted data/protocol he is > intercepting.
True, and how do you manage that is not happening? > Closed standards are inheritable much more secure than > open standards. That's nothing but security through obscurity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity > In this type of projects the use of the of this > standard is wrong. He just don't need the SSL implementation > complexity, nor the result slow to start communication, just to get > his data secure. I don't know what _he needs, if _you want to invent your own security standards feel free to do so. SSL/TLS is used and accepted world-wide. -- Arno Garrels -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
