Assurance

["Joe St Sauver" <>]

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 commented:

#***While SSL 3.0 is the most secure of the SSL protocol versions, 
#it is not approved for use in the protection of Federal information 
#because it relies in part on the use of cryptographic algorithms 
#that are not Approved. 

I must be mis-parsing that assertion somehow. SSL 3.0 dates from 1996.

If I may be allowed to steal a line from Ralph Nader, it should be 
considered "unsafe at any speed."

Folks really want to get to TLS 1.2 at this point, both on the server
side and the browser side.

Regards,

Joe