• From: "David Megginson" <david.megginson@g...>
• To: xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:01:07 -0500

On 15/01/07, Tei <oscar.vives@g...> wrote:

> safe:
>  - protected from nake eye inspection of actual data HTTP move
>  - validate server identity, that can serve to avoid phising or DNS spoofing.
>  - protected content from malware javascript/html inyection
>  - validate client identity? (not idea about this, but I think is posible)
>  - cypher is strong against brute force
>  - cypher strong against password distribution problem (PKI dont need
> that ...much)
>
> Other than that. Again. Maybe was not soo a good idea, cause people
> want fast porn. Not safe or private porn. Wait... bad analogy.

You hit one problem -- HTTPS significantly increases the server load
(by several times).  The other, more serious problem is that HTTPS
makes web resources uncacheable.


All the best,


David

• References:
  • Re: 2007 Predictions
    • From: Tei <oscar.vives@g...>
  • Re: 2007 Predictions
    • From: Richard Salz <rsalz@u...>
  • Re: 2007 Predictions
    • From: Tei <oscar.vives@g...>