I See What You Did There

SSLv3 is older than my daughter, but is still supported by all major browsers. The latest crypto bug is a MITM (man in the middle) attack that could allow anyone with a network device (WiFi router) sitting between browser users and the destination SSLv3 server (https “secure” bank site, for instance) to snoop on the connection in plain text.

Links:
SSLv3 server stats and steps to fix your browser
POODLE attack details
#POODLE on twitter

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