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  Authenticating the server
  Clients must authenticate server
  Failure to do so allows a MITM (Man in the Middle) attack 
  Example authentication
  Shared keys
  IPSec, PPTP
  Public key
  IPSec, SSH host keys, SSL X.509 certs

Copyright 2003, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.

Presented at Real World Linux, 2003.

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