Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-04 Thread Brion Vibber
On 8/3/09 6:28 PM, Remember the dot wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Brion Vibberbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: Once we have a cleaner interface for hitting the general pages (without the 'secure.wikimedia.org' crappy single host) I'm curious...what will this cleaner interface look like?

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-04 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Brion Vibberbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 8/3/09 6:28 PM, Remember the dot wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Brion Vibberbr...@wikimedia.org  wrote: Once we have a cleaner interface for hitting the general pages (without the 'secure.wikimedia.org' crappy

[Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread Plyd
Hello, I'm sure this question has already been asked, but I can't find the answer. I checked and my password is transmitted in clear text when I connect to my Wikipedia account. As an admin on a project, I feel very guilty to connect to my account on an unsecured public wifi : I'm afraid my

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread Victor Vasiliev
Plyd wrote: Hello, I'm sure this question has already been asked, but I can't find the answer. I checked and my password is transmitted in clear text when I connect to my Wikipedia account. As an admin on a project, I feel very guilty to connect to my account on an unsecured public wifi

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread K. Peachey
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Victor Vasilievvasi...@gmail.com wrote: Plyd wrote: Hello, I'm sure this question has already been asked, but I can't find the answer. I checked and my password is transmitted in clear text when I connect to my Wikipedia account. As an admin on a project, I

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread William Allen Simpson
K. Peachey wrote: Its https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/LANGUAGE CODE/wiki/Main_Page so for you wanting the french one it will be https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/wiki/Main_Page As it says on the insecure login:

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread Chad
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Neil Harrisuse...@tonal.clara.co.uk wrote: William Allen Simpson wrote: K. Peachey wrote: Its https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/LANGUAGE CODE/wiki/Main_Page so for you wanting the french one it will be

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread Brion Vibber
On 8/3/09 10:56 AM, Neil Harris wrote: I've noticed that images such as the sitelogo in the login page linked above are still served via HTTP, even when going through the secure server. This causes Firefox to regard the whole page as potentially compromised by unencrypted content, and it

Re: [Wikitech-l] How to securely connect to Wikipedia in a public wifi ?

2009-08-03 Thread Remember the dot
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Brion Vibber br...@wikimedia.org wrote: Once we have a cleaner interface for hitting the general pages (without the 'secure.wikimedia.org' crappy single host) I'm curious...what will this cleaner interface look like? Will we be able to connect securely through