[ale] firefox question

[David Tomaschik]

Once you're signed in, it sends you back to unencrypted land... and thus
the cookie can be stolen there.

David


Warren Myers wrote:
> For signing-in, I've *always* had the https://mail.google.com/mail
> page as an auto redirect from gmail.com <http://gmail.com>.
>
> WMM
>
> On 8/6/07, *Preston Boyington* <preston.lists at gmail.com
> <mailto:preston.lists at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Greg Freemyer wrote:
>     > All,
>     >
>     > With the recent release at Blackhat of the gmail hack:
>     >
>     > I want to configure Firefox (Linux & Windows installs) to not allow
>     > access to http:/mail.google.com, but to allow access to
>     > https://mail.google.com
>     >
>     > Note the http vs. https difference.
>     >
>     > Is this possible in Firefox itself?  I want to avoid using other
>     > infrastructure due to traveling laptops running Windows etc.
>     >
>
>     I am noticing that when I now type www.gmail.com
>     <http://www.gmail.com> into my browser(s) I am
>     automatically redirected to https:// login.  gmail made adjustments?
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