SSL, client certs, and MITM (was WYTM?)

[Anne & Lynn Wheeler]

Internet groups starts anit-hacker initiative
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=125823&liArti 
cleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=2&liChannelID=22&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1

one of the threats discussed in the above is the domain name ip-address 
take-over mentioned previously
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm15.htm#28

which was one of the primary justifications supposedly for SSL deployment 
(am i really talking to the server that I think i'm talking to).
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Anne & Lynn Wheeler    http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/
Internet trivia 20th anv http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm
  

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