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Security Portal: Kurt’s Closet: SSL Redux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 7, 1999

Ok, I guess what I should have made more clear previously
is that the problem isn’t so much SSL, but how (or what) we use it
for.
The problem is this:”

  • “Internet commerce is growing at an amazing rate (so far this
    year my family has spent close to $2,000 online, last year we spent
    $0).”
  • “The only rapid payment system that people have “bought in to”
    is credit cards, they are relatively simple, and well understood,
    almost everyone has one (you can find stories about dog’s being
    issued credit cards).”
  • “Debit cards require a pin number and card reader to be used, I
    wouldn’t trust any merchants with that information.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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