Amir Herzberg wrote:

> Here is a simple question: should web login forms be always protected
> by SSL?
>
IMO, If you have a logon page on a site, there is almost by definition
"something" of value that needs protection. The value of that asset
determines the expense of protecting it. If the value is over that price
of a server side cert, then its a no brainier. Yes Logins should be
protected by TLS. SSL 2.0 is weak, and was replaced by SSL 3.0. SSL
3.0 was replaced by TLS in 1999. You should NOT be using SSL.
Unfortunately, Microsoft ships all of their OS/Browsers with SSL 3.0
turned ON and TLS turned OFF. That is a bug that they need to fix.
So if your customer base uses M$ & I.E. and is too ummm.. backward to
switch their security settings, you still must enable SSL 3.0 on your
server to allow those users to access your server. But you should
disable SSL 1, SSL 2 on your server to disallow folks try to negotiate
down (Oakley) to the lowest common denominator SSL.

Andy Bentley CISSP

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