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Wider use of HTTPS could have prevented attack against GitHub

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    IT World[^]:

    The unique attack method used to disrupt the code-sharing site GitHub over the last week could have been prevented if more websites enabled encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday.

    It's all a plot by the Certificate companies, I tell you!

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      IT World[^]:

      The unique attack method used to disrupt the code-sharing site GitHub over the last week could have been prevented if more websites enabled encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday.

      It's all a plot by the Certificate companies, I tell you!

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      People who start touting about conspiracy theories die suddenly, mysteriously, and inexplicably... Just sayin'. :^) [For the record: I hereby declare that I'm not either expressing nor implying there's any conspiracy surrounding the death of conspiracy whistle-blowers] :D

      Anything that could possibly go wrong in some moment, will definitely go wrong in the worst possible moment...
      In the worst way that could be possible!

      –Finagle's corollary to Murphy's Law (paraphrased).

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        IT World[^]:

        The unique attack method used to disrupt the code-sharing site GitHub over the last week could have been prevented if more websites enabled encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said Wednesday.

        It's all a plot by the Certificate companies, I tell you!

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        Sascha Lefevre
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        Increased use of security measures would enhance security? They're one day late with this one.

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          Increased use of security measures would enhance security? They're one day late with this one.

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          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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          It is like this "Nine women can't make a baby in one month.". Just by increasing something does not achieve anything. A blatant increase of something increases the surface area of vulnerability and then weaknesses in the security layer itself can eat into the primary application.

          Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.

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            It is like this "Nine women can't make a baby in one month.". Just by increasing something does not achieve anything. A blatant increase of something increases the surface area of vulnerability and then weaknesses in the security layer itself can eat into the primary application.

            Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage You can not step into the same river twice.

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            Sascha Lefevre
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            I agree. But I couldn't let this opportunity for a snarky remark slip by :-\

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