Posted by Hywel Jenkins on 06/05/05 23:12

In article <NXIoe.26487$d5.177346@newsb.telia.net>,
jaggillarfotboll@telia.com says...
>
> "Hywel Jenkins" <hywel.jenkins@gmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:MPG.1d0d5abfedadc9779896f8@news.eclipse.net.uk...
> > In article <H3Hoe.139538$dP1.490442@newsc.telia.net>,
> > jaggillarfotboll@telia.com says...
> > HTTPS has *ABSOLUTELY NO BENEFIT* on your site because you're not
> > transferring data that needs security. Your site only sends information
> > to the user, it doesn't collect anything. HTTPS is useless to you,
> > don't you understand that? It's used for encrypting data so that people
> > can't sniff the data as it's been transferred. Everything your site has
> > is clearly available, so why bother encrypting it?
> >
> > --
> > Hywel
>
>
> Thank you very much for your answer.
>
> I do not share your opinion.
> Have you ever visited my website?

Yes. I get lost in it every time.


> 1) There are already password protected pages on the site.

Then just run those pages over HTTPS - not the entire site. You're
wasting client and server resources by doing that.


> There are forms (at least one but more will be created) so personal data can
> be transferred.

The search boxes don't count.


> 2) the https protocoll says that that is the website it maintains to be.

What does it say? To me it says, "The developer of this site hasn't got
a clue what she/he's doing", or "Luigi's out of his depth."

--
Hywel

Kill the Crazy Frog
http://www.petitiononline.com/crzyfrg/

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