RE: SSL/TLS with server names picked from DNS

2010-08-13 Thread Richardson, David
Hi. I'm not an expert, but I'm wondering if you used a Public/Private key pair to replace the username/password login to your servers would it help with your security. If you can control the distribution of the public key to restrict it to your servers (where it is stored in the user's file sp

RE: client crash or network issue?

2008-11-05 Thread Richardson, David
Hi. I'm not an expert on the crypto side of things. It would seem that you need to detect that the other end isn't responding for some reason reason, not whether the client is up or not. This might include an improperly configured switch or router between the two starting to drop packets which