[telecom] Yahoo will encrypt between data centers, use SSL for all sites

Nov 21, 2013 0 Replies

Yahoo will encrypt between data centers, use SSL for all sites



CEO Marissa Mayer promises Yahoo will be locked down by March 2014.



by Sean Gallagher Nov 18 2013 Ars Technica



In the wake of revelations about the National Security Agency's monitoring of traffic on the private international fiber links connecting the data centers of Google and Yahoo, Google stepped up its efforts to encrypt internal server traffic and block such monitoring. Now, Yahoo has announced its own plans to encrypt all information that travels between data centers by early next year.



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