Mar
12
2014
The problem with https
Posted by ebal at 12:26:51 in blog, planet_Sysadmin

Is ignorance !

Plz take a minute and read this:

The greater percentage of people will login to a http site. Especially if they use a lot of mobile hardware with screens small enough with outdated operating system/browser.

Whatever you do, whatever measurement you have taken, If someone finds an open wifi and wants to connect to site like facebook from his/her mobile device, he/shell will never check for a https connection. If there is a MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE (proxy/dns spoof) people will connect to http://facebook.com on a private address like 192.168.2.5

So the effort should be on education and digital liberty. Cause people, will always choose the most free & easy use app Vs complex but secure.

Tag(s): security
  1. Avatar di Nikos Nikos

    Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 14:24:51

    In the meantime… https should be mandatory on websites that handle login requests and personal data.

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