[ale] firefox question

[Greg Freemyer]

On 8/6/07, Jay Loden <ale at jayloden.com> wrote:
>
>
> Jay Loden wrote:
> > Anyway, that being said, as far as redirecting Firefox, I would suggest either
> > doing this at the firewall/web proxy level. Otherwise, the only way to force
> > firefox to redirect would be via Greasemonkey and this user script:
> > http://diveintogreasemonkey.org/casestudy/gmailsecure.html which is probably
> > overkill and also unwieldy to install if you have a large number of computers to
> > lock down.
>
> One thing I forgot to mention, the Customize Google extension also has as one of
> it's options to always force HTTPS for gmail: http://www.customizegoogle.com/

That looks like a serious contender.

BTW: Was it previously known that someone listening in on a http: link
could grab your authentication cookie and pretend to be you?  An
article out of blackhat was the first time I had heard about it.

I particularly think about my home usage where I connect via Comcast.
I believe the way Comcast works, any of my neighbors could be set up a
sniffer?

Thanks
Greg
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