I'm ignorant; what does MITM'd mean. I'm a computer guru. thanks DS
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:43:17 -0800 Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> writes: > I would not be lured into a false sense of security provided by > browser makers and their insistence that the safest form of browsing > is over HTTPS. You can still be easily MITM'd with captive > portals, > gateway content inspection/injection, DNS forgery, via proxy content > injection, your ad blocker or browser extensions profile and > probably > another half dozen easily implemented exploits. Heck, your browser > can even become part of the MITM exploit. > > I'll intentionally misquote a saying I've heard about rules & law; > "[Encryption standards] aren't made to keep the bad guys out; > they're > made to keep the good guys in." > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:21 AM, shaclacroi > <shaclac...@fastservice.com> wrote: > > The download page links to checksums at > > http://www.freedos.org/download/verify.txt -- but since this page > isn't > > available over https, there's no way to confirm the validity of > the > > checksums, since the page could be intercepted and modified by a > > man-in-the-middle attacker > > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack). > > > > As free secure https certficates are now offered by Let's Encrypt > > (https://letsencrypt.org/), it may be advisable to get https set > up for > > www.freedos.org. > > > > Alternatively, as I see your hosted on Amazon Web Services, if > you're using > > Elastic Load Balancing or Amazon CloudFront, Amazon's Certificate > Manager > > also offers free https certificates. > > > > Let me know if I can be of any help. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > > Training and support from Colfax. > > Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ (1) Easy Trick "Removes" Eyebags & Wrinkles Daily Tiply http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/587ba1c653e3021c6616fst01duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
