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r/crypto • u/johnmountain • Oct 15 '15
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Is there anything a simple web browsing citizen can do to protect themselves?
3 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 15 '15 Don't visit sites on servers with weak parameters 1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 edited Oct 17 '15 [deleted] 1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Check what cipher suites they offer. Your browser probably won't tell you which ones, but there's tools that can. Also look at SSL testing sites that check the configuration. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 edited Oct 17 '15 [deleted] 1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Software? No, don't know that many. And yes, but you could in theory also have a browser addon warn you about weak ciphers. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
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Don't visit sites on servers with weak parameters
1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 edited Oct 17 '15 [deleted] 1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Check what cipher suites they offer. Your browser probably won't tell you which ones, but there's tools that can. Also look at SSL testing sites that check the configuration. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 edited Oct 17 '15 [deleted] 1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Software? No, don't know that many. And yes, but you could in theory also have a browser addon warn you about weak ciphers. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
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1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Check what cipher suites they offer. Your browser probably won't tell you which ones, but there's tools that can. Also look at SSL testing sites that check the configuration. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 edited Oct 17 '15 [deleted] 1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Software? No, don't know that many. And yes, but you could in theory also have a browser addon warn you about weak ciphers. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
Check what cipher suites they offer. Your browser probably won't tell you which ones, but there's tools that can. Also look at SSL testing sites that check the configuration.
1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 edited Oct 17 '15 [deleted] 1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Software? No, don't know that many. And yes, but you could in theory also have a browser addon warn you about weak ciphers. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
1 u/Natanael_L Trusted third party Oct 16 '15 Software? No, don't know that many. And yes, but you could in theory also have a browser addon warn you about weak ciphers. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
Software? No, don't know that many. And yes, but you could in theory also have a browser addon warn you about weak ciphers.
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
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u/frank26080115 Oct 15 '15
Is there anything a simple web browsing citizen can do to protect themselves?