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Appropriate Uses of SSL in Web Applications

Friday, June 16th, 2006

SSL is a nice feature to show off to customers - it has a nice lock icon which reassures users that they are secure. However, it comes at a price - the encryption and decryption process does take up time CPU time on both client and server, in additon to ...

Choosing the Right SSL Certificate

Friday, June 16th, 2006

We are currently working on adding SSL support to my company's flagship product. After I was unable to find an article clearing explaining how to choose an approriate certificate, I am writing down my own thoughts here. PURPOSE OF SSL Every developer should be aware that SSL encryption serves two distinct purposes ...