• Google HTTPS services improves encryption

    Deb Shinder Posted On November 23, 2011
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    Here's good news for organizations whose employees use Google services such as Gmail, Google Docs and Google+: the company has made some changes to its encryption method that's used by HTTPS-enabled services to help prevent key recovery attacks that could be used by hackers to decrypt the transmissions. They did this by designing an extension for OpenSSL. You can find out more details here:

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222129/Google_protects_HTTPS_enabled_services_against_future_attacks?source=rss_security&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computerworld%2Fs%2Ffeed%2Ftopic%2F17+%28Computerworld+Security+News%29

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    Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a technology and security analyst and author specializing in identity, security and cybercrime, utilizing her past experience as a police officer and police academy/criminal justice instructor. She has written numerous books and articles for web and print publications and has been awarded the Microsoft MVP designation for fourteen years in a row.




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