Re: 7.3.1 stamped

scott.marlowe wrote:
> > I wasn't sure how insecure SSL2 was, and whether it allowed you to
> > authenticate without a password or something.
> 
> SSL2 seems to get a lot of votes for being broken in ways that cannot be 
> fixed because they aren't simple buffer overflows.  see:
> 
> http://www.lne.com/ericm/papers/ssl_servers.html#1.2
> 
> My suggestion would be to eventually phase out ssl2 in favor of ssl3 or 
> tls.  And, as we are phasing it out, make it an opt-in thing, where the 
> dba has to turn on ssl2 KNOWING he is turning on a flawed protocol.

That was sort of my point --- if we allow SSLv2 in the server, are we
open to any security problems?  Maybe not.  I just don't know.

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