>SSL Host Authentication</DT
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>     It is possible for both the client and server to provide SSL
     certificates to each other. It takes some extra configuration
     on each side, but this provides stronger verification of identity
     than the mere use of passwords. It prevents a computer from
     pretending to be the server just long enough to read the password
     sent by the client. It also helps prevent <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"man in the middle"</SPAN
>
     attacks where a computer between