HTTPS Security Encryption Flaws Found The flaw exists in the RC4
encryption algorithm that's often used to help secure the
SSL/TLS communications that underpin secure (HTTPS) Web pages.
The flaw was first disclosed last week by University of Illinois
at Chicago professor Dan Bernstein at the Fast Software
Encryption conference in Singapore, in a talk titled "Failures
of secret-key cryptography" that's based on research he
conducted with researchers from University of London's Royal
Holloway and the Eindhoven University of Technology in the
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Sensitive Data In and Around an Oracle Database "The transport
layer security (TLS) protocol aims to provide confidentiality
and integrity of data in transit across untrusted networks like
the Internet," according to the group's research presentation.
"It is widely used to secure Web tr