Wednesday, June 30, 2010

22 Million SSL Certificates Invalid, Only 3% Configured Properly

 Slashdot is reporting that 22 Million SSL Certificates in use are invalid:  From the e-Secure-IT News Feed











22 Million SSL Certificates In Use Are Invalid
(from Slashdot at 29-6-2010)
While SSL certs are widely used on the Internet today, a new study from Qualys, set to be officially released at Black Hat in July, is going to show some shocking statistics.



Among the findings in the study is that only 3% of SSL certs in use were actually properly configured.



Quoting: '"So we have about 22 million SSL servers with certificates that are completely invalid because they do not match the domain name on which they reside," Ivan Ristic, director of engineering at Qualys, said.... 
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