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Google Developing Chrome Patch To Protect Against TLS/SSL-Ravaging BEAST

Google Developing Chrome Patch To Protect Against TLS/SSL-Ravaging BEAST Created by MG3 on Sep 26, 2011

Conventional thinking says that it would take a beast of a program to break through the encryption spit out by the SSL/TLS protocol – that’s why it’s found in so many websites and browsers these days. Unfortunately, a pair of researchers say they’ve whipped up just such a program in the form of BEAST, or “Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS,” and they plan on showing it off this Friday at the Ekoparty security conference. At least one company’s taking the threat seriously; Google plans on rolling out a Chrome update designed to confuse the BEAST and defend against its threat. »read more

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