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Comment by cdine

This vulnerability (it hurts to even call it such at this point) has been around for years, and the attack has always been easy for a determined attacker to carry out.

How else are we going to convince people to secure their sites and protect their users? People have been presenting on this issue for years (Ferret & Hamster, Blackhat 2007) and companies haven't responded/cared. It's possible to solve this problem (Gmail is all HTTPS, and done correctly, Amazon has a tiered authentication system that properly uses SSL for important things, Wordpress does SSL right for accessing their admin interface) - companies need to step up and address the issue.

parent cdine 16 years ago

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