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Re: Fw: IPSec vs. SSL



>
> I am not quite sure I understand how SSL is susceptible to the man in the
> middle attack.  Could you explain this a bit more or point me to some
> write-up on this.  If the client encrypts a session key with the public
key
> of a server pretty much the only thing that can decrypt the key is the
> server which has the private key corresponding to the public key in the
> certificate.  I don't see how a man in the middle attack can be launched
> here.
>

Spoof and imitate the CA ;-)



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