Time Warner Road Runner web mail not secure

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Time Warner Road Runner web mail not secure SecretSquirrel 03-22-2007
Posted by Barry Margolin on March 23, 2007, 10:28 pm
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wrote:

> As others have pointed out, it is likely that the authentication is
> using HTTPS. When you log into the webmail interface, watch your
> browser to see if it briefly submits something to an "https://...." URL.
> Some browsers, such as Firefox, will also show a subtle change in the
> appearance of the browser window to indicate that it has switched to
> "secure" mode (the appearance of a padlock icon in one corner, or the
> changing of the address bar to an alternate color).

Didn't you see my reply? This site does NOT submit the authentication
using HTTPS. I checked the HTML page's source.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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