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No no, they're not. They're names of specific protocols with specific capabilities and versions. "SSL 1.0" and "TLS 1.0" are very different. (see https://aws.am
by 0xbadcafebee 1y ago
No no, they're not. They're names of specific protocols with specific capabilities and versions. "SSL 1.0" and "TLS 1.0" are very different. (see https://aws.amazon.com/compare/the-difference-between-ssl-and-tls/ https://aws.amazon.com/compare/the-difference-between-ssl-an...)
The important bits:
- "SSL" is a set of protocols so ridiculously old, busted and insecure that nobody should ever use them. It's like talking about Sanskrit; ancient and dead.
- "TLS" is way better than "SSL", but still there are insecure versions. Any version before 1.2 is no longer supported due to security holes.
- Technically an "ssl certificate" is neither "SSL" nor "TLS", it's really an "X.509 Certificate with Extended Key Usage: Server Authentication". But that doesn't roll off the tongue. You could use a cert from 1996 in a modern TLS server; the problem would be its expiration date, and the hash/signature functions used back then are deprecated. (some servers still support insecure methods to support older clients, which is bad)
- MOARDONGZPLZ 1y agoRight, but they accomplish the same thing and people move monotonically from SSL to TLS. It’s not like choosing between React and Angular, but like choosing between React version 5 and React version 10 for a new project. SSL and TLS are the same in all meaningful respects from this perspective.
- 0xbadcafebee 1y agoHotdogs and hamburgers are the same in all meaningful respects.
- MOARDONGZPLZ 1y agoThey are not. But a Chicago dog is meaningfully the same as a New York Dog (just with some more vegetables).
- 0xbadcafebee 1y agoA Chicago dog is literally a hamburger with a different surface area. Same obscure ground beef, same vegetables, same bread. Just different dimensions. Who cares about the details, right?
- MOARDONGZPLZ 1y agoVery weird assertion, and happy to be dragged into a sub-post wasteland with you. <3
- wombatpm 1y agoI don’t know of anyone who puts celery salt on a hamburger.
- i80and 1y agoI think it would probably be good, though?
- ozim 1y agoWell nope SSL and TLS is more like Angular and AngularJS. No one should use SSL or AngularJS in 2025 unless they have to maintain some legacy stuff for important reasons.
- creatonez 1y agoThe point is more that SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 were nearly identical. That is, the breaks in similarity were at SSL 2.0 -> SSL 3.0 (and TLS 1.2 -> TLS 1.3, to a lesser extent), as opposed to the common misconception that TLS 1.0 is what changed everything. But yes, it's all a bit irrelevant now that anything below TLS 1.2 is sketchy to use.
- GoblinSlayer 1y agoIt's a new word in version churn: rename the whole thing on every commit.