[conspire] (forw) site update request

[Don Marti]

begin Nick Moffitt quotation of Tue, May 05, 2020 at 10:12:39PM +0000:

> The "threat model" is mainly from browser manufacturers, who are deprecating unencrypted HTTP in a way that will make this document inaccessible to exactly the sort of people who may need it most.

On an HTTPS page you have to worry about JavaScript
from the site plus whatever third parties they use. On
a plain HTTP page, a transparent proxy can inject its
own ads, which come with JavaScript that the site's
webmaster never gets to see.   (Next time I'm at the
Oakland airport I'll take a screenshot of Rick's page
with the injected ad, if their captive portal is still
doing the ad injection thing.)


> On 05May2020 10:45am (-0700), Rick Moen wrote:
> > I considered writing back and saying 'What's the threat model? 
> > Some malicious person could post a fraudulent version of our essay that
> > cruelly omits the serial comma and inserts 'hopefully' as a dangling
> > modifier?'
> > 
> > The sheer gadget-freakery in the technical community frequently achieves
> > eye-rolling dimensions.
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Rick Dicaire <kritek at gmail.com> -----
> > 
> > Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 12:41:48 -0400
> > From: Rick Dicaire <kritek at gmail.com>
> > To: respond-auto at linuxmafia.com
> > Subject: site update request
> > 
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> > 
> > Any thought to putting the site on SSL and ipv6?
> > Hmmm SSL reports:
> > This server could not prove that it is www.catb.org; its security
> > certificate is from www.animadance.org. This may be caused by a
> > misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> > 
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