[NTLUG:Discuss] OT? security comparsion

[Greg Edwards]

Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Greg:
> 
> I did not dismiss SSL in any of my comments.
> 
> He was asking if email or fax was more secure than an SSL connection
> and I stated that email was not.
> 
> 	Neil 
> 

> 
> Don't be so quick to dismiss the value of SSL.  As well stated earlier, 
> it's not SSL and the information transferred that hackers get.  They get 

Neil,

That wasn't directed at you in particular, I just used your post to tie 
into the thread.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.

The original premise was that he wasn't sure that a secure server was 
truly secure.  He wanted to know what other options he could count on for 
secure information transfer.

Madhat (I think) pointed out that the secure server wasn't the breakdown 
point.  The breakdown in securing data is the back end being compromised. 
  I concur with that point.  Breaking the encryption of a 128 or 256 bit 
key for a stream of data isn't something that 99.9% (or higher) of the 
sniffers are going to be real successful at.  However, breaking through a 
M$ security screen is another matter all together.

Some of the tangents that this thread has taken have been interesting ;)

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc. - Software Engineering Services
http://www.nas-inet.com