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Old 05-20-2008, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by fintler View Post
Don't forget about mitm attacks with ssl. When you send an important transaction over a potentially insecure connection (or even a "secure" one), make sure you take any error messages about certificates seriously. Someone could be sending you a fake cert.

Oh, and there's also the issue of van eck phreaking.... ;P
Thank you fintler, I was worried no one would mention this.

A Man in the Middle Attack (see here-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_middle_att ack) will result in compromised data and connection, even though it is encrypted (ie, ssl)
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