HTTPS option now in Gmail

JDMurray

Sorry if this has already been mentioned in another thread, but I just noticed that Gmail now has an option to always establish a persistent HTTPS connection regardless of the URL. Previously, it was necessary to explicitly include the https:// protocol in the URL (e.g., https://mail.google.com/) to maintain a persistent secure connection to Gmail. Now it's an option at the bottom of the General tab on the Settings page.

Always do what you can to authenticate and secure your email!

nicklauscombs

they said it "slows" down gmail when you turn it on but after a week or so i have yet to notice any difference

JDMurray

I've not notice a difference either. I'm sure there is a performance penalty for email with very large attachments or lots of image links, but that''s true with all encrypted communications channels. Ya gotta give something to get something.

astorrs

Nice catch JD. Thanks.

tiersten

Somebody at Google must have found a big pile of SSL accelerator cards

Nice that its a proper supported option now.

astorrs

tiersten wrote:

Somebody at Google must have found a big pile of SSL accelerator cards

Nice that its a proper supported option now.

Nah, they just turned it on with their newest NetScaler MPX's probably. Citrix upped them so they can handle 6Gbps of SSL acceleration.

darkerosxx

How does that effect chat? How secure is their chat with AIM implemented?

Megadeth4168

darkerosxx wrote:

How does that effect chat? How secure is their chat with AIM implemented?

I don't know, but I haven't used their chat since I found one of my conversations on another website! Found it by accident, I was doing a google search on my buddies gmail account name and ran across a cached page in a language I didn't know that had my buddies email name in it.... The page didn't exist anymore, but the cached page did, so I poked around a bit (didn't understand a word of anything until I got to our conversation that was posted) and it was word for word....

Kind of scary... I don't know if my session was compromised or my buddy's was.... I checked all my machines for any signs of malware. I wouldn't be surprised if my buddy was the problem... He always was going to The bad W sites looking for "Patches".

I guess it's a good thing there wasn't anything of consequence being said in any of my chats with that guy...

royal

I've wanted this for a while. Glad to see the entire session uses https now.

kellyjohn

Good share there, I always prefer to connect and log-in to websites via https. They’re a lot more secure and is highly recommended for those leeching off free Wi-Fi connections, using Internet cafe terminals, and to those who are just plain paranoid.