Re: SSL reverse proxy

From: Tilman Schmidt <Tilman.Schmidt@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:06:38 +0200

At 01:18 29.05.00 -0700, vectro@pipeline.com wrote:
>Why couldn't the proxy perform a man-in-the-middle attack on the
>connection?

Because SSL is designed to prevent that.

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Received on Mon May 29 2000 - 03:12:43 MDT

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