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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
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To: JC Jaros who wrote (52451)10/31/2000 11:58:48 AM
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Sun "inadvertently" leaks certificate numbers...

Experts say browsers fall short on certificate alerts
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
October 30, 2000, 6:30 p.m. PT

A mishap that compromised the integrity of two security keys used by Sun Microsystems is fueling criticism of current methods for scrambling sensitive data and verifying identities on the Web.

Sun last week issued a warning that two of its applications' "certificates" had been compromised after the company inadvertently included certificate numbers in early-stage, or "alpha," code it sent to partners. A certificate verifies the identity of an application's source, in this case Sun.

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