Timeline for Why doesn't security.stackexchange.com use HTTPS?
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| Jun 5, 2013 at 12:33 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | status-planned | |
| Feb 12, 2013 at 6:13 | answer | added | Tobias Kienzler | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 16, 2012 at 1:56 | answer | added | makerofthings7 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 12:59 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSecurity/status/267975016031862784 | ||
| Nov 10, 2012 at 15:11 | comment | added | Iszi | @LucasKauffman It may not solve it completely, but it drastically reduces the probability of exploitation. This is one of those scenarios where you have to weigh the value of security vs. usability. Really, the probability that anyone is going to get between the VPN endpoint and SE is about the same as them getting between your system at home or work and SE. It's one of those situations where you generally have to concede that "there is no such thing as perfect security", and just do the best you can - and (absent HTTPS) VPN is the best you, the end-user, can do. | |
| Nov 10, 2012 at 9:42 | vote | accept | Indrek | ||
| Nov 10, 2012 at 8:53 | comment | added | Lucas Kauffman | @Iszi agreed that it is less likely, but it doesn't solve the issue. | |
| Nov 10, 2012 at 3:49 | comment | added | Iszi | @TerryChia That one's not specifically just about this issue, but it does mention there's a duplicate somewhere around here. | |
| Nov 10, 2012 at 3:48 | comment | added | user10211 | @Iszi Didn't you ask a question about it?: meta.security.stackexchange.com/questions/841/… | |
| Nov 10, 2012 at 1:02 | comment | added | Iszi | @JeffFerland Isn't there already a dupe of this here or on the main site? | |
| Nov 10, 2012 at 0:57 | comment | added | Iszi | @LucasKauffman True, but generally it's less likely than e.g. someone hacking the coffee shop's WiFi and sniffing your credentials on that end if you don't use the VPN. | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 21:29 | answer | added | Jeff FerlandMod | timeline score: 19 | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 21:24 | history | migrated | from security.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Nov 9, 2012 at 20:54 | comment | added | Lucas Kauffman | How does VPN solve the problem? If you can put yourself between the VPN endpoint and SE you still will get owned | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 20:35 | comment | added | Indrek | Thanks! Strange that it's so hard to find with search. For the time being, let's just hope everyone uses VPN to some secure location...? | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 20:04 | history | asked | Indrek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |