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jCryption + CRAM are a good alternative to SSL?

I would like to know if jCryption + Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism are a good alternative to SSL.

I know that SSL is very much better, but I'm making a project where the owner don't want to buy a SSL certificate and, I would like to find a solution to give the best security approach that could be acquired without the use of SSL.

Any ideas?

Solution

  • No, it's not.

    Just off the top of my head, I can think of many reasons: HTTP headers are still unencrypted, the key exchange is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, and you're putting a high degree of trust in client-side code.

    Just use a free SSL certificate from Startcom.