Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 17:41:59 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "jd1008" <jd1008@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does FreeBSD insist on https? Message-ID: <61574.128.135.70.2.1428014519.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <551DC4F7.5090005@gmail.com> References: <CAA3ZYrD_2AaDfW3oJ-NFt333DrjOwgBR-8bbqH0eVZGL6Y_5WQ@mail.gmail.com> <551DA84D.8030205@gmail.com> <20150402222539.37e330f8@gumby.homeunix.com> <551DC4F7.5090005@gmail.com>
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On Thu, April 2, 2015 5:38 pm, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 04/02/2015 03:25 PM, RW wrote: >> On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:36:29 -0600 >> jd1008 wrote: >> >>> https prevents intermediate hop points (such as your isp) >>> from looking at the page content, or at the terms of your >>> search. But that does not prevent them from seeing the url. >> Actually it does. The url is sent inside the encryption. >> > That is good to know. I had thought otherwise. > but they know the host you are connecting to, so they still can learn something. Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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