Secure your GMail account

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

After logging out and logging back into gmail, I noticed that the credentials are sent to an https://mail.google.com/..... Connection to be verified, but then are given back with the redirection to http://mail.google.com/mail for the inbox. After some thinking, I realized that it wasn't forcing the page back to http://mail.google.com it was just simply using the browser start addr as the place for the redirect.

In theory, if one starts at https://mail.google.com then the HTTP-SSL session will stay valid, and thus all the information encrypted. Sure enough, this is the case. 100% encrypted unidentifiable information, all by changing the start login page of gmail from http://mail.google.com to https://mail.google.com

http://ffldlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/surf-secure.html

 

[BradDC]

GDrive... the killer APP

Completely off topic & insecure... for those of u that havent heard GDrive is a pretty kewl APP that allows to use ur GMail account as an extra drive... brilliant for backing up & stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMail_Drive

http://ffldlife.blogspot.com/2006/07/surf-secure.html

 

[bwana]

From the horse's mouth:

Can I access Gmail with a secure HTTPS link?
HTTPS access is available via [url]https://mail.google.com

, and our system offers an SSL-encrypted login by default. Your Gmail password is always encrypted when sent over the Internet.

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[lilDeath]

Didn't doubt them for a second

 

[vampirotoothus]

I'm reading my emails from a network at work, so since I found out about this, I've been using it. And I like!