Re: Insecure http pages referencing https form-actions.

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

fd () ew nsci us wrote:

> Today I realized that many "secured" web sites reference their secure 
> login page from an insecure page.  For example:
>
> http://www.some-luser.com/login.html:
>   <form action="https://cgi.some-luser.com/login-cgi";>
>     user: <input name=user> 
>     pass: <input name=pass>
>   </form>

Welcome to, ohhh, 1997???

I can't be bothered looking it up, but this is ancient.

Of course, that it still happens really, often, on huge sites that 
really should know better says a lot about, well, many things really...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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