Re: https

• From: Ken A
• Date: Thu Jul 24 10:12:15 2008

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Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

Anyone have a foolproof way to get grandma to always put "https://"; in front of "www"?

I understand this is a huge can of worms, but maybe it's time to change the default behavior of browsers from http to https...?

I'm sure it's doable in FF with a simple plugin, one doesn't have to wait for FF4. (That would work for bookmarks too.)

Robert

80 != 443
There's nobody listening on 443 for most of the Internet.
Ken

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Ken Anderson
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• References:
  • Re: Exploit for DNS Cache Poisoning - RELEASED Joe Greco
  • Re: Exploit for DNS Cache Poisoning - RELEASED Joe Abley
  • Re: Exploit for DNS Cache Poisoning - RELEASED Jasper Bryant-Greene
  • Re: Exploit for DNS Cache Poisoning - RELEASED Patrick W. Gilmore
  • https (was: Re: Exploit for DNS Cache Poisoning - RELEASED) Robert Kisteleki

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