Re: [ProgSoc] https:// a security risk?

[Christian Kent <whophd@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, arp wrote:

> > ignorance with https:// or is there something about this that puts it in
> > the same basket as telnet, ftp, running executable files, opening the
> No, not really. But I suppose it makes it hard to visit porn sites from
> work... CC details are usually asked for via https.

What??  Is that really the reason?  The only credit card numbers it would
really stop transmission of are for the purposes of netbanking, and Amazon
types of stuff.


CK.
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