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I haven’t had a substantial post for quite a long time, so it’s time for something useful and interesting. Although not Java-specific, this post might still be interesting to some of you. A brief warning before reading: This is a very lengthy post, but – believe it or not – this is just the brief summary of an even longer paper. I’ll try to keep the attack descriptions as short as possible – sorry in advance if they get to detailed. This post is only meant as a “short” intro on SSL/TLS attacks. If you want to read more please have a look at the paper (you’ll find the link at the bottom). Those of you who are not familiar with SSL/TLS in detail (e.g., if you are just using SSL/TLS) probably need a kickstart introduction to SSL/TLS. For a quick and dirty introduction you may want to read the article at Wikipedia on TLS. For a complete,