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I know the general case for HTTPS. I am a system administrator. I was asking for this particular case where I for one see no need.
by trabant00 6y ago
I know the general case for HTTPS. I am a system administrator. I was asking for this particular case where I for one see no need.
- asdffdsa 6y agomitm with an identical page but malicious links
- criddell 6y agoTo prevent things like the Great Cannon of China from performing a denial of service attack against a third party.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> I for one see no need asdffdsa mentioned plain old MITM. I listed several other applicable reasons in my linked comment: 1. It allows an unscrupulous ISP to more easily track your browsing 2. Modern browsers will rightly warn users not to trust the site. This makes the site look bad. 3. It prevents MITM injection of ads, trackers, and most importantly malware. There will always be browser exploits, so they're worth blocking.