Re: HTTP AUTH BASIC monowall.

[Tim <tim-security () sentinelchicken org>]

>     As suspected... so I am correct; and it is a security threat. I can
> compromise a network, arp poison it, MiTM, access the firewall,
> distributed metastasis, presto... owned...

You are completely missing the point.  Did you read my first response?

If you properly use your PKI, then doing a simple MitM attack, as you
describe, is not possible without bells and whistles going off in your
browser.  

There are plenty of SSL & PKI tutorials online.  I suggest you read
some.

tim

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