Reply to post: Re: Why is self-signed such a bad idea ?

US Senator Ron Wyden to Pentagon: Encrypt your websites

Lee D Silver badge

Re: Why is self-signed such a bad idea ?

TLS has two different purposes:

- To encrypt the connection to the endpoint.

- To verify that the endpoint is the intended recipient.

Self-signed combats the first but not the second.

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