UK Universities Caught With Weak SSL

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Submission + - UK Universities Caught With Weak SSL (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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judgecorp

on Wednesday June 27, 2012 @10:46AM

judgecorp writes: "UK Universities have been found using weak SSL security implementations on their websites. An investigation by TechWeekEurope found 17 of the top 50 British universities scored C or worse on the SSL Labs tool launched by the Trustworthy Internet Movement earlier this year. which grades SSL security. Contacted by the site, most have put upgrades in place to improve security."

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