On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 23:04 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > HTTPS should displace HTTP the same way SSH displaced telnet. Most > people think people still using telnet as a remote shell are crazy > (and they're probably right), yet they'll happily use the just as > insecure unencrypted HTTP.
Likewise for mail logons. Just about everything sends username and password in the clear. That's really bad news for security on some networks, e.g. cable broadband. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.19-78.2.30.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
