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Re: Access Gmail via a secure connection
Authored by: igadget on Jan 26, '07 12:13:58PM

I'm not saying this is right, or the way it should be, just probably why.

The reason that the connection isn't set as secure by default for anything past login is possibly because of the load that it puts on the end server. As you move though Google normally, menus like account settings, you should see the site auto-magically switch back into secure mode.

This hint actually works for ANY SITE as a test to see if the site supports secure connections. Though I'd have to guess that searching for information on Google doesn't really need to be SSL encoded. As a long time admin (the company's mail belongs to the company, not to you), your mail isn't that interesting unless you are a spy or doing insider trading for a living. If you really want secure email use PGP not the web.



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Re: Access Gmail via a secure connection
Authored by: luomat on Jan 28, '07 07:45:28PM
As a long time admin (the company's mail belongs to the company, not to you), your mail isn't that interesting unless you are a spy or doing insider trading for a living. If you really want secure email use PGP not the web.

You're kidding, right?

A) Yes, my email@work belongs to the company, but my Gmail belongs to me

B) PGP is a great idea which is a PITA to execute. You can only get secure mail from people who also have PGP. Good luck with that. Also, good luck getting it to work with webmail.

C) Yes I realize my email is unsecure from point A (sender) to B (his ISP) to C (my ISP... and maybe several stops in-between) but what I am more concerned about is "D" which is from my laptop to GMail. Right now I am on an open WiFi connection in a public spot. Great convenience, right? But I don't want anyone sniffing my email or passwords or anything else, regardless of how uninteresting it may be.

There are a lot of reasons why secure GMail is a good idea and PGP isn't the right answer.



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