Author Archives: Moxie Marlinspike

BasicConstraints Back Then

In one week it will have been 9 years since I first published sslsniff — way back in 2002!  While sslsniff has evolved to be a general-purpose MITM tool for SSL connections, I originally published it as a proof of concep… Continue reading sslsniff: Anniversary Edition→

The Background

In the early 90’s, at the dawn of the World Wide Web, some engineers at Netscape developed a protocol
for making secure HTTP requests, and what they came up with was called SSL. Given the relatively
scarce body of knowledge concer… Continue reading SSL And The Future Of Authenticity→