And there I can blindfoldedly trust Brian who has been operating many such pro
services in the course of is soon to cease professional life.
Thanks David.
Amities
Philippe
> Le 31 août 2019 à 02:46, David Thatcher <plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Chris,
>
> SSL in itself is only a means of encryption, and can be used to secure
> the communications between two parties, and with appropriate trusted
> certificate/key 'signing' can be used to ensure the server (or maybe a
> client) are who they say they are.
>
> If the server itself is not hardened against intrusion or compromise it
> can be used as you describe by black-hat crackers (or more likely,
> skript-kiddies), SSL or not! That is, SSL is not a means of securing a
> site as as such. The security of a website is down to the server
> software (keeping things patched, or up to date) and proper
> administration (secure passwords, file permissions etc.)
>
> davidt
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 03:56:57PM +0100, Chris Barker wrote:
>> I???m no expert, Philippe, except that my host has transferred all my
>> websites to SSL. As I understand it, the lack of SSL means that baddies can
>> use the website to access other parts of the web.
>>
>> But that is supposition on my part, and going SSL means that my websites
>> don???t warn of insecurity every time they???re used.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 24 Aug 2019, at 12:15, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Chris :-)
>>>
>>> As to SSL I really don???t know. Brian does it all for us, and no-one has
>>> ever asked that I know.
>>>
>>> Is that so important? and why? no bank account are linked to it :-)
>>>
>>> Amities
>>>
>>> Philippe
>>
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