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+--- Thread: Shouldn't HF have an HTTPS protocol? (/showthread.php?tid=5248888)
Shouldn't HF have an HTTPS protocol? - ________ - Apr 25, 2016
It would be more safe then. I notice the address bar always remains HTTP.
* - v0dka - Apr 25, 2016
this has been asked hundreds of times, do a search before posting.
Omniscient Wrote:
You can use it here if you want. However it breaks layout because the CDN serves non-ssl content so images, styles, and javascript won't load. In order for me to go SSL I'd have to serve all content which currently is not an option.
There is no serious security risk from non-SSL site usage. Never has even one account been stolen because of it.
* - backtrack-5 R3 - Apr 25, 2016
I totally agree with you it should have, the other form where i'm user , actually there was such a thing!
* - Uppermost - Apr 25, 2016
That's because this is HF and changes here take ages.
* - rezzex - Apr 25, 2016
You can use the https:// for the Login then you are save, it's just a Forum everybody can read what you write.
* - BahNahNah - Apr 25, 2016
It does. Its just the stylesheets that dont use it.
* - BooGod - Apr 25, 2016
Do some home work researches!
* - Rikka - Apr 25, 2016
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4657195&pid=44546904#pid44546904
* - minimalist - Apr 25, 2016
Because HackForums has such a large userbase that people would be sniffing around houses trying to hijack an account that has no real-world value.
* - backtrack-5 R3 - Apr 25, 2016
(Apr 25, 2016 04:52 AM)Minimalist Wrote: Because HackForums has such a large userbase that people would be sniffing around houses trying to hijack an account that has no real-world value.
After all how much is it worth to buy a SSL-trust certificate, comodo is selling very cheap.
* - ra1d - Apr 25, 2016
(Apr 25, 2016 05:47 AM)backtrack-5 R3 Wrote: After all how much is it worth to buy a SSL-trust certificate, comodo is selling very cheap.
You don't seem to get it.
SSL is meant to be used for valuable information, such as Credit card, Full name, Address, and so on.
HackForums does not have any valuable information in regards to the purpose of SSL.
Read some information about SSL and you might understand why it has no use on HackForums.
* - Omniscient - Apr 25, 2016
Known HF Accounts Stolen via MiTM Attacks: 0
Number of threads suggesting SSL: gazillions