Re: newbie question

["Ayaz Ahmed Khan" <ayaz () pakcon org>]

I.C. Weiner <i.c.weiner () gmail com> wrote:
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but GMail does NOT use SSL. Not for
> content, that is. Logon? Yes. But not for traffic afterwards...
>
> Don't have a solution for you; sorry. I just saw this and decided I
> needed to say something.

The default behaviour of Gmail is to switch to normal HTTP after a
successful authentication. That does *not* mean Gmail does not *allow*
the use of SSL for traffic generated throughout the time the session
is active.

Like I mentioned in my previous reply to this thread, the
"customizegoogle" extension of Firefox has a feature which, if turned
on, automatically switches Gmail to SSL as soon as the authentication
phase ends.

--
Ayaz Ahmed Khan

"I'm returning this note to you, instead of your paper, because it
(your paper) presently occupies the bottom of my bird cage."
               -- English Professor, Providence College

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