HTTPS inspection: a lost cause

HTTPS inspection is a function provided by many Internet security vendors marketed at schools and businesses since it promises to remove encryption from web traffic and ensure that everything is visible to the filtering system where it can be checked for malware or flagged for inappropriate content. This worked fairly well a decade ago but in the post-Snowden era of pervasive encryption and advancing Internet security standards, this cannot deliver what it once promised and instead puts us and our networks at risk....

June 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1318 words · Chris Beattie