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On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 20:47 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:48:19 +0100 |
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> Tobias Klausmann <klausman@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 07 Mar 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > > >> If *anybody* can't use SSL for any reason please yell so that we |
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> > > >> can decide if we leave it as it is (plain + encrypted) or not. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Is there any *real* reason to force SSL? It is *hell* slow. |
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> > > it should of course be force for logging in |
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> > If it is enforced for login, it should be enforced for logged |
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> > in sessions, cf. Cookie stealing (for a POC: Firesheep). And no, |
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> > restricting the login cookie to an IP is *not* "safe enough". |
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> Why does everyone assume it needs to be enforced? If user is interested |
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> in protecting his/her data, he/she can simply use https://. If he/she |
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> is not, there is no real reason to enforce slower (and not always |
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> supported) SSL. |
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Maybe it's not to protect the user, but to protect the Gentoo |
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infrastructure.. And really, SSL has been supported by every browser for |
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the last 15 years. And it is not in any way slow or slower than non-SSL. |
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Olivier Crête |
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tester@g.o |
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Gentoo Developer |