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Re: Defending users of unprotected login pages with TrustBar 0.4.9.93

Subject: Re: Defending users of unprotected login pages with TrustBar 0.4.9.93
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:36:07 +0200
On 19 Sep 2005 12:19:12 -0000, mike03051@yahoo.com <mike03051@yahoo.com> wrote:

Now the way I understand this should work is that the form target is a POST 
to https://url.com. The browsers is then required to open an SSL connection 
to the server and send the form data through the encrypted channel.

Maybe you or someone on this forum can confirm or correct my understanding.

Mike Peters

Mike,

You are correct, even though a site may have an http address, it
doesn't mean that the form will be sent over http. Paypal (for
example) uses the following in it's login form:
form method="post" name="login_form"
action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-submit";

While the login details are sent securely, it doesn't do much for user
awareness!!

Regards,

Nathan Jackson-Eeles

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